After all-night negotiations, freight rail companies and unions representing tens of thousands of workers reached a tentative agreement to avoid a strike that could have started as soon as Friday, ...

A Norfolk Southern Train derails in Van Buren Township, Mich., on February 18, 2023. (Nick Hagen / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) If the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous ...

Railroads are the quiet workhorses of our economy — moving the goods that keep manufacturers humming, farmers exporting, and small businesses stocked. They invest billions in infrastructure without ...

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.

For decades, a patchwork of regional rail networks across the United States have been forced to grapple with the same headache: Interchanges, where cargo is handed from one rail line to another.

The rapid expansion of America's railroad system in the 1800s and early 1900s was driven largely by a small group of powerful businessmen. Here we profile 12 of the most influential railroad magnates ...