The Union Pacific Railroad announced last week in a press release that it has reached an $85 billion agreement to acquire rival Norfolk Southern, creating what will be the first coast-to-coast freight ...

We were not far out of Philadelphia when it properly dawned on me that I was experiencing something that until very recently ...

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.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike, built on the remnants of the South Pennsylvania Railroad, opened in 1940 as America’s first true ...

In 1940, drivers lined up for hours to be the first to drive on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which opened at midnight on Oct. 1 ...