Union Pacific’s plan to add trains in the Chicago area raises alarms

In a merger application, the railroad plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West ...
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Union Pacific CEO says merger filing shows strong case for transcontinental railroad

The 6,692-page merger application that Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern submitted to federal regulators last week ...
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Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern Plan America’s First Transcontinental Railroad

A new agreement between two railroad giants, Union Pacific Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation, will create America’s first transcontinental railroad, to be called the Union Pacific ...
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Creating America’s First Transcontinental Railroad: Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s STB Merger Application Details Enhancements to Competition and Public Benefits

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s STB Merger Application Details Enhancements to Competition and Public BenefitsThe Associated PressOMAHA, Nebraska & ATLANTA OMAHA, Nebraska & ATLANTA–(BUSINESS ...
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Union Pacific says rail merger could unclog Chicago. Critics worry about costs and traffic tie-ups.

Union Pacific says the $85 billion merger would serve the public interest and win federal approval by unclogging Chicago, the cradle of American railroading and still its biggest and most notorious ...
Los Angeles Times

Union Pacific and Norfolk seek first coast-to-coast U.S. railroad through a massive merger

Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern in an $85-billion deal that would create the first coast-to-coast railroad in the U.S., and potentially trigger a final wave of rail mergers across the ...
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Union Pacific to Buy Norfolk Southern in $85 Billion Railroad Deal

The merger would create the United States’ first coast-to-coast rail network, spanning 50,000 miles and 43 states. By Peter Eavis Union Pacific, a freight rail giant, announced on Tuesday that it had ...
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Train Stocks Could Fare Well as Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merge. Picking Winners.

When Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced their merger deal Tuesday to form “America’s first transcontinental railroad,” it puzzled some who recalled the golden spike driven in 1869 at Utah’s ...
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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to Create America’s First Transcontinental Railroad

Transaction to transform the U.S. supply chain and economy; strengthen domestic manufacturing; and preserve union jobs Two legendary railroads enter agreement to combine in stock and cash merger, ...