The original tune for the folk song "Wabash Cannonball" was by a Rock Island freight agent working in Council Bluffs at the ...

OSHA reported on March 6 that its whistleblower investigations revealed that Union Pacific Railroad Co. violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act by terminating a switchman/conductor after they ...

The Union Pacific Railroad was one of the first to take a leap of faith into the diesel-powered streamliner era with its bullet-shaped M-10000 train, which rolled out in 1934. Credit goes to E. C.

The City of Fostoria is excited to announce plans for the Union Pacific Big Boy pass through event on Saturday, June 6th at ...

As Washington debates how to strengthen supply chains, lower costs, and stay competitive with China, one of the most consequential infrastructure decisions in years is receiving far too little ...

The title of a recent New York Times opinion piece said it all: “Truckers Kill More Than 5,000 People a Year. Regulators Are at Fault.” Within this chilling piece was the basic truth that “In 2023, ...

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer visited Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. During her tour of Kinney Hall, Chavez-DeRemer stopped to chat ...

The proposed $71.5 billion merger between Union Pacific UNP-0.43%decrease; red down pointing triangle and Norfolk Southern NSC-0.50%decrease; red down pointing triangle to form a coast-to-coast ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific hopes regulators will be convinced this time that its $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern that it detailed for the second time Thursday will be good for the ...