Merged UP-NS would control half of all rail freight: BNSF CEO

A rival CEO warned the proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, if approved, would give the transcontinental ...
Trains

STB orders Union Pacific to provide more information about proposed Texas branch line

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have asked Union Pacific to provide more information about how its proposed branch line to a ...
Trains on MSN

BNSF CEO cautions short line industry about potential UP-NS merger impacts

MINNEAPOLIS — BNSF Railway CEO Katie Farmer cautioned the short line industry about the potential impacts of a Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger today, saying that the combined railroads “would be ...
Wisconsin Farmer

UP–Norfolk Southern rail merger could shrink shipping options for agriculture

AFBF says rail merger would leave farmers more dependent on fewer railroads at a time when they already have almost no ...
MarketWatch

BNSF Railway Files Petition Requesting STB to Enforce, Review Union Pacific/Southern Pacific Merger Conditions From Three Decades Ago

BNSF Railway today announced the Class I railroad has filed a petition with the Surface Transportation Board (STB), requesting the immediate review and enforcement of conditions imposed during the ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Shareholders of Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern support $85 billion rail merger

FILE - A Union Pacific freight train travels along the tracks April 17, 2025, in Eloy, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) OMAHA, Neb. — Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern backed ...
New Orleans City Business

Shareholders of Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern support $85 billion rail merger

Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern backed the railroads’ proposed $85 billion merger to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast rail network. Roughly 99% of both railroads’ ...