The probable cause of a July 2024 fatal collision at Union Pacific’s Proviso Yard was an inexperienced conductor’s failure to ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released the final report for its investigation of the July 6, 2024, ...

Union Pacific, which 10 years ago broke new ground in locomotive technology by working with a major supplier to develop a Genset locomotive for yard service, on Dec. 12 unveiled one of seven ultra-low ...

At Union Pacific Corp.’s Proviso Yard in suburban Melrose Park, a score of red and yellow locomotives stand outside a sprawling maintenance and repair building, their mammoth engines idling.

She noted that some Butler Yard jobs will be sent to Chicago's Proviso Yard. Positive Train Control is a system designed to automatically halt trains before certain accidents can happen, according ...

MELROSE PARK, Ill. - A Union Pacific Railroad employee died in an incident early Saturday morning at the Proviso Yard in Melrose Park. The incident occurred around 2 a.m. at the railyard located ...

One of the standout images in “Railroaders: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography” is of a lone, faceless rail man—back to the camera, his all-denim outfit stamped with grime—as he leans ...