The potential $85 million merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern joins 50,000 miles of railroad tracks and would create a company that for the first time in history would control coast-to coast ...

A merger between shipping giants Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern could soon create the nation’s first transcontinental railroad company, with tracks spanning more than 50,000 miles across 43 states ...

Two of the largest railroads in North America have announced today that they plan to merge. Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern. If the deal gets past federal regulators, it would create the ...

The Union Pacific Railroad announced last week in a press release that it has reached an $85 billion agreement to acquire rival Norfolk Southern, creating what will be the first coast-to-coast freight ...

The $71.5 billion merger deal between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced Tuesday joins 50,000 miles of railroad tracks that span from the Jersey shore to the ports in California. The union ...

The proposed merger on Tuesday of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would create the first coast-to-coast railroad in the United States that would be controlled by a single entity. The deal, valued ...

In July, Union Pacific (UP), the largest railroad by revenue in the United States, announced plans to acquire Norfolk Southern (NS), the country’s fourth largest railroad. With UP’s dominance west of ...

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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Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern signed off Friday on an $85 billion plan to merge the two freight giants, clearing the first major hurdle toward creating the nation’s first coast-to ...

NEW YORK, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Railroad operators Union Pacific (UNP.N), opens new tab and Norfolk Southern (NSC.N), opens new tab on Friday filed a nearly 7,000‑page merger application with the U.S.

(The Center Square) – The nation’s largest rail labor union urged members of Congress to support a proposed $85 billion merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern that would create the first ...