Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific are looking to merge, which would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S.

Last month, Union Pacific said it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the first U.S.

The merger would create the United States’ first coast-to-coast rail network, spanning 50,000 miles and 43 states.

Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad in North America that would connect the ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announce a landmark $85 billion merger to create America's first transcontinental railroad ...

Railroad company Union Pacific will buy Norfolk Southern in a cash and stock transaction valued at $85 billion, combining two ...

Some 200 of those railroad lines were absorbed into Southern Railway, which became a dominant carrier in the Southeast. It merged with Norfolk and Western Railway in 1980 to become Norfolk Southern.

When trustees overseeing the Cincinnati Southern Railway and representatives of Norfolk Southern began negotiating a new lease at the end of 2020, they had vastly different ideas of what the ...

U.S. railroad customer groups have demanded regulators block or put onerous conditions on the proposed merger of Union ...

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