Between 1863 and 1869, the first transcontinental line, known as the Pacific Railroad, was built in the United States. The line ran from Omaha, Nebraska, to Sacramento, California, and carried ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed Thursday that they are in merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West Coast. The Associated ...

Union Pacific said today it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the first U.S. coast-to-coast freight rail operator and reshape the movement of goods from grains ...

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.

Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern signed off Friday on an $85 billion plan to merge the two freight ...

A group of nine Republican state attorneys general on Friday raised competition concerns about Union Pacific's UNP.N plan to buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the ...

(Reuters) -Union Pacific said on Tuesday it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the first U.S. coast-to-coast freight rail operator and reshape the movement of ...