The Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger should be approved. It would benefit riders, businesses, and the railway network.

In the book, he argues that Jay Gould, owner of the Union Pacific railroad company and one of the largest investors of his day, has been portrayed unfairly by the press and in previous books about ...

One of the most important figures in Texas railroad development was business titan Jay Gould. Born Jason Gould in Roxbury, New York, into a farming family in 1836, he grew to hate farming.

Jay Gould and Jim Fisk were as talented a partnership as has ever graced Wall Street. As directors of the Erie Railroad, they made their names by fleecing Cornelius Vanderbilt out of $7 million in ...