Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern's bid to create the largest rail merger in history was rejected last week by federal ...

Continuing a quest that began in the early 1980s, the owner of a permit to build a railroad that would haul low-sulfur, high-heat coal from southeastern Montana has asked the state to prepare a lease ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Eastern Montana residents will weigh in this week on a proposed 83-mile coal railroad with the potential to usher in a dramatic expansion of mining in the state and increase ...

Several major coal producers and power industry groups are urging federal regulators to approve the proposed Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger. The producers argue that reliable rail service plays ...

The railroad will have to find other ways to cover the estimated $6 billion cost of the project or adjust its plans. DM&E officials had promised their coal project would lower energy prices, improve ...

SUSSEX COUNTY, Del. — The final coal train left the Indian River Power Plant this week, marking the end of decades of coal transportation on the peninsula. The Indian River Power Plant was retired in ...

Railroads across the country are spending hundreds of millions of dollars buying locomotives, adding track and building cars. Much of the activity is focused on upgrades to the nation’s coal ...

In a letter to Ed Gulick, chairman of the Northern Plains Resource Council, a conservation group that has been fighting the project for 30 years, Mars said he worked out a deal with the BNSF Railway ...