Claim: Rival railroads, shippers and STB need more info Trains.com Staff ·Monday, January 12, 2026 Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are withholding key documents that are needed for rival railroads, shippers, and regulators to properly evaluate their transcontinental merger proposal, BNSF Railway and Canadian National have told the Surface Transportation Board. To continue reading…
A new analysis of railroad accident data reveals a recurring cycle of industry opposition and federal inaction to attempts to improve safety By CAT MURPHY, HALEY PARSLEY, JOSEPHINE JOHNSON and MOLECULE JONGWILAI / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, University of Maryland Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, University of Maryland Human errors and track defects caused […]
By David Lassen Five yards will see changed or reduced roles; one non-gateway yard also to be eliminated OMAHA, Neb. — While the end-to-end nature of Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger limits the amount of redundant trackage or facilities, the railroads do have some duplication of facilities at their current interchange gateways. To continue reading…