The Rio Grande line, which opened in 1970, boasted a four per cent gradient, marking it as the steepest ascent on any ...

WHEN VIEWED THROUGH the lens of history, today’s current events are no mystery. In last week’s column, we tore the dirty laundry from the seamy underbelly of the salmon restoration cabal that has ...

The Baraga County Board of Commissioners passed a number of resolutions, purchased a vehicle for the sheriff’s department and brought up the topic of foreigners buying land in the Upper Peninsula ...

A rumored expansion of Amtrak service to the Upper Peninsula appears to be just that — a rumor. “To my knowledge, there are no serious discussions of Amtrak service to the U.P. taking place between ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad in North America that would connect the ...

Berkshire Hathaway has over $300 billion in cash. Warren Buffett may be eyeing the railroad sector to put the cash to work.

Shares of freight rail services provider CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) jumped 4% in the pre-market session after the company's stock rose ...

Norfolk Southern (NSC), and CSX Corp (CSX), are climbing on reports of railway mergers. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B, BRK-A) CEO Warren Buffett has denied reports from Semafor and Reuters that BNSF ...

BNSF Railway has not engaged with investment bankers about a possible railroad merger, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO ...

The rail unit of Warren Buffett’s firm reportedly hired Goldman as a financial advisor after Union Pacific considers a deal ...

Big Boy No. 4014 and Lincoln Locomotive No. 1616 last week rode the rails together for the first time as part of a limited excursion tour in Colorado and Wyoming.