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…
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UP-NS merger plan calls for idling of intermodal, automotive facilities in gateway cities
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, Norfolk Southern merge creating first US transcontinental railroad
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…
Union Pacific Railroad CEO ‘very comfortable’ working through tariffs
Union Pacific to close Texas shop kept open by 19th-century pact
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 […]
FRA halts safety culture assessment of Union Pacific, citing coaching of workers
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…




