Union Pacific has marked Presidents Day by announcing plans for a locomotive to honor the nation’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, who signed the legislation authorizing construction of the ...

The paint scheme of locomotive No. 1616 will feature “the unique colors of Lincoln’s era,” UP (NYSE: UNP) said in a press ...

Scene in the New York Gold room during the excitement of September 24th, 1869. Library of Congress ... Within five years, he controlled the Union Pacific Railroad. Gould went on to control ...

Union Pacific Railroad is celebrating Presidents Day with the unveiling of its newest commemorative locomotive honoring President Abraham Lincoln, who ...

The Central Pacific officially became part of the Southern Pacific in 1959, and the Southern Pacific was taken over by the ...