Big Boy is 133 feet long and weighs 1.2 million pounds, requiring a "hinged" frame to help it get around curves.

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Two rail giants’ plans to become the first coast-to-coast railroad company through a massive merger is drawing interest from ...

Union Pacific is dropping new hints this week of a coast-to-coast journey for its historic locomotive nicknamed ‘Big Boy’ ...

Trump has enlisted Jack Nicklaus to redesign the president’s golf course at Joint Base Andrews. The White House says the ...

The 2025-26 college football bowl schedule continues on Saturday, Dec. 27, when the Missouri Tigers face the Virginia Cavaliers in the 2025 Gator Bowl. Virginia just missed a spot in the CFP as it ...

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To make money on its proposed cross-country railroad, Union Pacific plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West Side where workers still throw switches by hand ...

OMAHA, Neb. — The 6,692-page merger application that Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern submitted to federal regulators last week underscores the benefits of the first U.S. transcontinental merger, UP ...

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A number of Mexican train crews who had just hauled trains over the border to American rail yards in Texas had trouble understanding important safety information in English during ...

The 2025-26 college football bowl schedule continues Thursday with the 2025 Xbox Bowl between the Arkansas State Red Wolves (6-6) and Missouri State Bears (7-5). Kickoff is at 9 p.m. ET from Ford ...