Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern today announced an $85 billion deal to tie their networks together and create the first ...

Combining Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern into the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. would create a 52,215-mile ...

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

On Tuesday, Union Pacific, which operates mostly in the Western U.S., announced that it would acquire Norfolk Southern, which ...

The railroads argue a merger would streamline deliveries of raw materials and goods nationwide by eliminating delays when ...

Landmark mergers in the past - such as the creation of BNSF and between Union Pacific and Southern Pacific - have set the ...

Union Pacific said on Tuesday it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85-billion deal to create the country's first coast-to-coast freight rail operator.