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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Union Pacific's proposed purchase of smaller rival rail operator Norfolk Southern will need to be ...
WASHINGTON — Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern plan to file their merger application with the Surface Transportation Board ...
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern's merger could streamline freight through Chicago — or sideline it. Here's what’s at stake ...
More than two and a half years after Amtrak called on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to initiate an investigation ...
Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion ...
Amtrak and Union Pacific have reached a settlement in their dispute over performance of the Sunset Limited and have asked the Surface Transportation Board to end its investigation into the train’s ...
If you think federal regulatory agencies—even federally owned Amtrak—have strayed from what former Southern Railway and ...
Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Surface Transportation Board said on Wednesday that Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have ...
The railroads argue a merger would streamline deliveries of raw materials and goods nationwide by eliminating delays when ...
The merger would create the United States’ first coast-to-coast rail network, spanning 50,000 miles and 43 states.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the Senate Democratic leader, has spoken out against the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger. In remarks Thursday (July 31, 2025) on the Senate floor, Schumer ...