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Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern backed the railroads’ proposed $85 billion merger to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast rail network.

Oklahoma might surprise you with its rich railroad history that shaped the entire state. From vintage steam engines to ...

In San Antonio, Texas, a truck carrying a school band's instruments became stuck on a railroad crossing just as a train ...

() – Support is growing for the proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern as federal regulators continue reviewing what would become the first transcontinental freight railroad ...

The holiday season is nearly here, and East Texas is starting to sparkle with festive cheer. Before the Christmas lights ...

Broadband company Openreach has been asked to pause the installation of telegraph poles in Lincoln following concerns raised by members of the public. The company is erecting around 40 poles in the ...

Plainville, Ind. Never was a town more aptly named. It was on state Highway 57 and had nearly 500 souls in 1955. It had Charles England’s Machine Shop and was home to my grandfather Frank Morgan’s Pla ...

After the Civil War, Wapakoneta rapidly grew due to the opportunities provided by the railroad. Two banks, Farmer’s Bank and ...

Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: The first telegraph wasn’t really the first. In the fourth century B.C.E., Tacitus, a Hellenistic writer on the art of war, invented the hydraulic telegraph. It ...

Josette Goarin of Sequim pauses at an informational kiosk as she watches a pair of bicyclists approach over a span connecting the railroad bridge to the Olympic Discovery Trail on Friday near the ...

A 75-year-old Gambrills woman died in a head-on crash Sunday afternoon in Severn.Linda Catherine Mierzeski was traveling north on Telegraph Road when a car exiting the westbound ramp from Maryland ...