Freight trains have steadily grown longer over the decades, especially since the late twentieth century.
The idea of the “really long train” is both a practical reality of modern freight railroading and a source of fascination that stretches back to the earliest days of industrial transport, when railroads quickly learned that efficiency depended on moving as much tonnage as possible with as few crews as possible.
One of the oldest and most significant railroads in the United States
The Union Pacific Railroad (UP), founded on July 1, 1862, under the Pacific Railway Act signed by President Abraham Lincoln, is one of the oldest and most significant railroads in the United States. It was formed to build the eastern portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad, beginning construction in Omaha, Nebraska, and eventually linking with the
