Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern on Friday submitted a comprehensive application to the Surface Transportation Board requesting approval to combine the two major freight railroads into what would ...

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A Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger will lead to higher daily train counts on some key corridors as the railroads tie ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern say their yard and terminal capacity expansion plans will help ensure that the combined ...

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 ...

An attempt to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast railroad merger is underway, as leaders from the Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific officially filed paperwork Friday and are now making their ...

The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two of their biggest unions that represent more than half their workers because they're worried ...

OMAHA, Neb. — The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two of their biggest unions that represent more than half the workers because they ...

Union Pacific Corp.’s takeover of Norfolk Southern Corp. will create a stronger competitor to long-haul trucking and take about 2 million truckloads off U.S. roads each year, the companies said as ...

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The favorite in this year’s New Orleans Bowl should enter Tuesday’s game with plenty of confidence. Western Kentucky will enter its matchup with Southern Mississippi as a 5.5-point favorite. The ...