The U.S. Surface Transportation Board on Friday sent back Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion merger with Norfolk Southern ...

In a decision predicted by Railway Age (“Why Not a Merger Timeout?,” Watching Washington, November 2025 issue), the Surface ...

This is the first in a five-part series about railroad growth coming from truck conversions. Given Union Pacific’s proposed ...

WASHINGTON - Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern today defended their merger application as complete. UP said the Surface Transportation Board should reject the efforts, primarily by "competitors who ...

A sprawling, master-planned industrial park served by rail is slated for development outside of southwest Houston. Union Pacific Railroad announced plans to develop Mainline Texas Industrial Park ...

Union Pacific Corporation remains unattractive versus Treasuries due to valuation and risk-adjusted return profile. UNP trades at a 67% premium to the S&P 500 on sales, with high embedded growth ...

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 ...

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 ...

Railroad giants Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern formally sought federal approval Friday for a seismic merger that would change how freight moves across the region and continent. “This is huge,” the ...

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 US roads each year, the companies said as they ...

Rail giants Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern on Friday filed a nearly 7,000-page application to the Surface Transportation Board seeking approval for a merger that would create the first ...

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 ...