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Approximately two dozen cars of a Union Pacific freight train derailed early Monday (Nov. 3) in Hutchinson, sending auto ...

Missouri-Pacific trains once ran down Cape Girardeau’s Independence Street, as seen in this 1977 photo. The tracks, a city fixture for decades, were removed after the line was abandoned in 1986. It ...

The Idaho Transportation Department is seeking public comment on the future of the rail industry in the Gem State. ITD helps ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Multiple railroad crossings in Johnson County, Missouri, are closed after 32 Union Pacific rail cars and a locomotive derailed early Friday morning. According to a Facebook post ...

The CEO of Union Pacific told Trains.com late last week that the company plans to send the engine on a transcontinental trip.

Reddit travelers highlight the Midwest's most scenic train journeys, filled with national park backdrops, historic routes, ...

News & Products for the week of November 3rd 2025 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about ...

During an interview with St. Louis Public Radio in Washington, D.C., the Republican senator said a bipartisan contingent of ...

The Republican senator said a bipartisan contingent of senators is trying to find a way to end the shutdown. But Schmitt is ...

This Union Pacific branchline train heads home at sunset near Platte Center, Nebraska on Aug. 22, 1988. The train — the Norfolk local returning to Columbus with a little bit of everything in tow — was ...

A train engine derailed while crossing the Turkey Creek railroad bridge in Joplin, Missouri, and it is unclear if there were any injuries.