Around 6:35 a.m., a Union Pacific Railroad employee discovered Woods’ body on the tracks near Wells, Nevada, roughly 50 miles from Elko, Nevada. The sheriff’s office said that he was hit by the train ...

In 1874, however –– following completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 –– plans were developed for a 22.5-mile narrow gauge line from Nevada City to the Colfax station. From there, it would ...

Union Pacific Railroad announced today its legendary steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, will make two whistle-stops in Greeley, Colorado, this summer as part of a limited summer excursion.

It would take another 40 years, however, to realize that vision. In the summer of 1860, West C oast-based designer and railway builder Theodore Judah picked a route through the wilderness and over the ...

Facing it, the Union Pacific Railroad’s red-and-gold 119, its bell swinging, slows to a stop. Both are near-exact replicas of the original Jupiter and 119 trains that ran in 1869, now used in ...

Metra lines could be set for new names, as the agency prepares to take over Union Pacific routes. But first, Metra and Union Pacific must resolve a compensation dispute.

"We've reached out to Union Pacific," Amodei said, but the railroad has continued with its agenda. Union Pacific did not grant an on-camera interview but released a statement defending its record.

According to Union Pacific, the man was trespassing on the railroad tracks in the 600 block of East Hammer Lane, west of West Lane, around 7:30 a.m. when he drew a gun and shot at the officer. The ...

A key piece of Sparks' railroad history is set to disappear, but Nevadans can get a piece of that history. A machine shop built in 1904 by Southern Pacific Railroad — one of the last pieces of ...

Also on the list was the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot (1926), which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012, and the American Railway Express Agency building (1926).

Union Pacific Railroad ended its eight-week Big Boy No. 4014 “Heartland of America” tour recently, and Ed Dickens and the Steam Team are looking full speed ahead to future tours.