Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion deal that would create America’s first transcontinental freight railroad.

America’s shipping landscape stands on the brink of a dramatic transformation as two railroad giants announced a groundbreaking merger that could fundamentally change how goods move across the ...

There’s a good argument that the U.S. would benefit from a freight railroad stretching from the East Coast to the West Coast. There may be an even better argument it would benefit from two of them.

A rail company is proposing a new privately funded train route that can begin transporting people between Los Angeles and New York City in less than 72 hours as soon as next year. Delaware-based group ...

A train route from Hoboken to Los Angeles? The private company AmeriStarRail wants to make it possible with a route that would make the cross-country trip in less than three days. The Delaware-based ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A new coast-to-coast train service is being proposed that would run through the Sunflower State and give passengers a new way to see the continental United States. AmeriStarRail ...