Union Pacific said on Tuesday it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the first U.S.

Union Pacific Railroad Co. must pay a former employee nearly $27 million for disability bias after a judge allocated the bulk of the damages to the worker’s state-law claims to accommodate federal ...

The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad ...

Federal regulators ordered Union Pacific to pay punitive damages of $150,000 to a worker who was fired after reporting a work ...

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he’d support consolidation as a means to make the US freight rail industry more efficient, a potential boost for Union Pacific Corp.’s $72 billion takeover of ...

The operator of some 20,000 miles of track faces extra pressure following a recent merger announcement from rivals.

Plaquemine residents are being notified of the temporary closure of railroad crossings this week. The City of Plaquemine said Union Pacific Railroad notified local officials that railroad crossings at ...

An Aug. 4 letter, sent six days after U.P. announced plans to merge with Norfolk Southern Railway, cites problems in hiring ...

A Union Pacific cargo train with multiple box cars approaches a camera as it prepares to cross a level railroad crossing near Jamestown, Calif., Dec. 17, 2017.

Mexican train crews interchanging into the U.S. may pose a safety hazard due to lack of English language skills, a labor ...

Union Pacific agreed to adjust the train schedule and make changes to the railroad crossings. Sergio Rodriguez, 15, was killed while walking to Milby High School in southeast Houston.

For the year, the company’s employee pay and benefits rose by about $500 million, or 12%, to $4.6 billion, far less than the $6.3 billion that Union Pacific spent repurchasing shares of stock.