A father-son duo recount how technology changed clandestine freight train travel.

Railroads are shipping less coal, while they're sending packed supply trains to the oil fracking fields of North Dakota.

If you could see inside the cars on a freight train, you'd know more about which parts of the economy are up — or down.

BNSF, the railroad owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, should profit by switching to cheaper natural gas. Buffett's company also has a big stake in natural gas.

BNSF Railway is announcing this morning that it’s trying a new experiment. The railway is going to try running some of its locomotives on natural gas this year, instead of diesel.