By David Lassen | July 2, 2026 Railroads’ application classifies data that was public in prior merger filings as ‘highly confidential’ WASHINGTON — A coalition of labor unions has asked the Surface Transportation Board to make public information about the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger’s impact on workers, saying that it does not involve commercially sensitive information […]
By Rip Watson Shippers support board’s goal of repealing regulations making it difficult to obtain reciprocal switching and other remedies; railroads react cautiously WASHINGTON — Shippers this week cheered the Surface Transportation Board’s proposal to boost rail competition, while railroads offered a range of nuanced responses to limit how future rate cases should be addressed […]
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…
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…
Union Pacific’s $85B deal creates first coast-to-coast railroad network By Daniella Genovese Union Pacific Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation announced a landmark merger deal on Tuesday that will create America’s first transcontinental railroad, linking more than 50,000 route miles from coast to coast. To continue reading…
by Stuart Chirls for freightwaves.com DENVER — The chief executive of Union Pacific says his company will work through tariff shocks gripping the economy the same way it worked through the pandemic. To continue reading…
Anderson County could appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. By Amber Gaudet for dallasnews.com Union Pacific Railroad has notified employees in the East Texas town of Palestine that their jobs — kept in place by an 1872 contract with the county — will be eliminated following a decision Friday by the Texas Supreme Court. To continue […]
By David Lassen Railroad says issue stemmed from mistake by one employee WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration has discontinued efforts to gather information for an assessment of Union Pacific’s safety culture, telling the railroad it found indications of activities by the railroad that “adversely impact the integrity” of the process. To continue reading…