In the 1950s, Union Pacific unleashed a fleet of turbine-powered locomotives that would become icons of American freight. Partnering with General Electric and ALCO, they built machines capable of ...

Most of the freight locomotives here in America use diesel-electric technology. They have gigantic diesel engines that act as ...

The Class I railroad (NYSE: UNP) and project partner ZTR Control Systems recently wrapped up testing of the first unit of a ...

Union Pacific has always been on the cutting edge of locomotive technology. In the 1950s, it became the only railroad ever to place a fleet of gas turbine-electric locomotives into regular ...

New locomotive honors Lincoln’s vision that unleashed economic innovation for America’s supply chain OMAHA, Neb., April 30, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific Railroad unveiled the Abraham ...

Union Pacific Railroad announced an agreement with the Southern California Chapter -- Railway & Locomotive Historical Society in Pomona, Calif., to take back ownership of one of the world's ...

FORT WORTH – Union Pacific Railroad's famed Big Boy locomotive made a stop in North Texas Thursday morning. Big Boy No. 4014's Heartland of America Tour included a stop at Fort Worth's T&P ...

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 will depart from Denver Union Station back to the locomotive's home base in Cheyenne, ending the locomotive's "Heartland of America Tour." Big Boy No. 4014 will ...

New locomotive honors Lincoln’s vision that unleashed economic innovation for America’s supply chain Union Pacific Railroad unveiled the Abraham Lincoln commemorative locomotive No. 1616 today ...