Union Pacific says rail merger could unclog Chicago. Critics worry about costs and traffic tie-ups.

Union Pacific’s plan could mean less congestion and pollution, but neighborhoods near tracks could experience more commuting ...
New Orleans City Business

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern explore mega merger

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad in North America that would connect the East and West Coasts. The merger discussions began during the first ...
Yahoo

Freight trains return to Lackawaxen rail yard; quarry stone being sent out

A freight railroad transloading company has been set up in the rail yard at Lackawaxen, Pike County, taking delivery of tons of crushed quarry stone from nearby quarries for shipment out of state. The ...
Trains on MSN

Creel warns UP–NS merger is no ‘fait accompli'

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Canadian Pacific Kansas City CEO Keith Creel disagrees with Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena’s contention that the UP-Norfolk Southern merger will be a slam dunk in Washington. “I don’t ...
Daily Herald

A railway merger trifecta? What supersized UP/Norfolk Southern combo could mean

Here we go again. For the second time in recent years, two railroad titans are contemplating a marriage that could shake the freight landscape nationally and locally. Union Pacific Railroad and ...
Washington Examiner

Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific confirm merger talks

Freight railroad giants Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific announced on Thursday that they are discussing a merger that would create a vast network connecting the East and West Coasts. “There can be ...
Charlotte Observer

Six months after Helene, freight trains will begin chugging through Asheville again

Norfolk Southern says it expects to reopen its freight railroad line between Asheville and Tennessee by the end of March, six months after tracks and bridges were damaged by the remnants of Hurricane ...
AOL

America’s first transcontinental freight railroad is planned after a megamerger

Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion deal that would create America’s first transcontinental freight railroad.
Railway Age

Class I Briefs: BNSF, CSX, NS

BNSF this November will launch an Oklahoma City-based intermodal facility. Also, CSX announces its 2025 Customer Environmental Excellence Award honorees and designates a new Select Site in New York; ...
WRIC

Norfolk Southern agrees to give Amtrak trains priority over freight trains, track delays: DOJ

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Norfolk Southern agreed to give Amtrak trains the highest priority after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with the railroad company Tuesday, to ...
Railway Age

Class I Briefs: UP, NS

Students from The Rail Academy of Central California (TRACC) get a hands-on experience at Union Pacific’s (UP) Stockton Yard. Also, Norfolk Southern (NS) partners with the Atlanta Falcons and the ...