October 3, 2025 / Updated October 4, 2025
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Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 at Duncan, Nebraska. - Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific’s legendary Big Boy completed a brief run to Colorado recently in what could be a tune-up for a much longer run in 2026. Big Boy No. 4014 left its home in Cheyenne, WY, on Sept. 30 and went south to Greeley and Eaton, …
The Surface Transportation Board received a notice of intent regarding the proposed merger between Union Pacific Railroad Co. and Norfolk Southern Railway Co., announced by both Class I railroads in July. In a merger plan UP, through a wholly owned subsidiary, would acquire all outstanding …
August 7, 2025 / Updated August 10, 2025
ST. LOUIS, MO — From your running shoes to the renewable fuels moving trucks, trains and ships, soybeans are quietly giving farmers new ways to stay competitive. As soybean farmers navigate volatile export markets, they’re leveraging homegrown innovation to build domestic demand across the food, …
July 2, 2025 / Updated August 7, 2025
A nonpartisan hobby industry initiative launched this week calls for targeted tariff relief, desperately needed, to protect American small businesses; science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education; and community-based creative industries. The Hobby Industry Coalition (www.HobbyCoalition.org) represents a wide spectrum of the U.S. toy and …
May 8, 2025