In advance of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) evaluating a Union Pacific (UP)-Norfolk Southern (NS) merger application ...

BNSF Railway has revived its efforts to serve a pair of quarries located on Union Pacific trackage in Texas and Arkansas. UP ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As the evening rush hour got under way Wednesday, Metra rail users on the BNSF line hoped to avoid the severe overcrowding that has plagued several trains this week as the result of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra announced Friday that it's attempting to condense a 3-week project on the BNSF Line into a 3-day one, necessitating some train cancellations and schedule alterations. The work ...

UPDATE: Thursday morning, following a tentative agreement reached by union workers and railroad companies, both Metra and Amtrak said all lines will run as scheduled, and that they were working to ...

A woman was hospitalized after cars were hit by trains in two separate incidents in Cowlitz County on Friday, according to ...

GALESBURG — Over 80,000 rail workers could strike this Friday if the unions representing them do not soon come to an agreement with a conference of the nation's freight railroad companies. Rail ...

FARGO – BNSF has struck a tentative agreement with a union that would allow one-person train crews on certain routes if a monitoring system is in use. The proposed agreement, which is at odds with the ...

More than 50% of BNSF trains canceled. Half of the 'L' shut down. No Pace weekend service. Transit leaders laid out a worst-case scenario of 40% service cuts they say could occur if the Illinois ...

A federal judge ruled Monday that BNSF Railway intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in Washington state by running 100-car trains ...

As government and business officials brace for the possibility of a national freight railroad work stoppage, Metra and Amtrak warned of service changes beginning Thursday. Amtrak said Wednesday it was ...

Metra expects Milwaukee District trains will run Friday along with three other lines, but the popular Union Pacific and BNSF routes will be sidelined if freight rail workers strike. "What we can ...