Union Pacific is testing the system and firefighters are encouraging residents to sign up for emergency alerts.

The nation’s largest railroad union endorsed Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern Monday after securing promises to protect jobs ...

U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) are leading calls for the Surface Transportation Board ...

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) tells CNBC it will oppose the proposed deal over concerns about Union Pacific's labor practices. In a statement, ...

FILE - A maintenance worker walks past the company logo on the side of a locomotive in the Union Pacific Railroad fueling yard in north Denver, Oct. 18, 2006. (AP ...

The largest rail workers' union in the U.S. is planning to oppose the $85 billion mega-merger between freight railroads Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) ...

SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD), the largest rail labor organization in the U.S., tells CNBC it will oppose the proposed merger between freight rails Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. The ...