Just days after we wrote about the problem of trying to introduce cleaner locomotives into existing railway's fleets, Union Pacific Railroad has unveiled the first of 60 new environmentally ...

Big Boy No. 4014 just may be chugging through a city near you, as Union Pacific announced the legendary locomotive's upcoming ...

There are steam locomotives, and then there’s “Big Boy.” At 604 tons and 132 feet long and with a 4-8-8-4-wheel arrangement, it is the largest, most powerful steam locomotive in the world.

With a new acquisition, a West Sacramento-based company can build hydrogen fuel-cell trains that could get fuel from local ...

Union Pacific’s 4Q24 $2.91 diluted EPS was based on net income of $1.8 billion, compared to 4Q23 net income of $1.7 billion, or $2.71 diluted EPS. These results include $40 million of labor expense ...

Instead, this is a steam turbine, nothing like the 1920s and 30s experiments with conventional locomotives, nor even the Union Pacific’s oil-fired condensing turbo-electrics. The new idea here ...

SHAKOPEE — Union Pacific Railroad Co. is going to upgrade its rail line through Shakopee so it can run heavier trains. While the railroad ...

SMART-TD, elected officials tell STB of concerns over lease of Eugene-area trackage to Central Oregon & Pacific ...

Union Pacific Big Boy Loco Add-On The Union Pacific Railroad's Big Boy 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive is undoubtedly the beast of American railroading history, and this epitome of heavy haulage is now ...