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Shareholders of Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern support $85 billion rail merger

Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern backed the railroads’ proposed $85 billion merger to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast rail network. Roughly 99% of both railroads’ ...
Business Wire

Creating America’s First Transcontinental Railroad: Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s STB Merger Application Details Enhancements to Competition and Public Benefits

OMAHA, Nebraska & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) and Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today filed an application with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) ...
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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern detail merger-related corridor upgrades

OMAHA, Neb. - A Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger will lead to higher daily train counts on some key corridors as the railroads tie their networks together, eliminate interchanges, and take ...
The New York Times

Rail Giants Aim to Prove Benefits of Coast-to-Coast Network

Regulators will decide whether a merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would improve shipment times or stifle competition. A decision is expected in 2027. By Peter Eavis The two freight rail ...
Chicago Tribune

Union Pacific’s plan to add trains in the Chicago area raises alarms

To make money on its proposed cross-country railroad, Union Pacific plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West Side where workers still throw switches by hand ...