Nominees who will help judge the fate of the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger told a Senate hearing they won’t let politics influence their decisions.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have asked the Surface Transportation Board to expedite the review of their proposed transcontinental merger.
Year-over-year rail volume growth is fading.
GE Appliances has signed on to the new Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern domestic intermodal route serving key markets via west and southwest ports.
Union Pacific has made a donation to help fund President Trump’s White House ballroom, ostensibly to help win regulatory approval of its $85 billion merger with Norfolk Southern.
Norfolk Southern’s Q3 revenue fell despite efficiency, service and safety gains, as well as increased competition from BNSF and CSX.
Norfolk Southern Corp. said third quarter income fell on revenue that was slightly higher than the 2024 period.
Union Pacific’s Q3 profits rose on improved pricing, record workforce productivity and fuel consumption.
Union Pacific third quarter profit beat estimates despite costs related to its proposed merger with Norfolk Southern.
The American Chemistry Council has serious concerns about the impact to its members’ business.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have set a date for shareholders to vote on their historic $85 billion merger proposal.
BNSF Railway states that Union Pacific’s deal to acquire Norfolk Southern will hurt rail competition, increase rates, reduce service, and likely lead to operational issues.
CSX named Steve Angel as CEO, succeeding former Ford executive Joe Hinrichs as leader of the eastern railroad.
With a new CEO, Ancora Holdings says CSX is now positioned to seek out a merger of its own.
Surface Transportation Board wants longer timeline to review proposed tie-up that would create first transcontinental railroad.
History suggests a trade of job guarantees for union support of a UP-NS merger might not be all it seems.
The biggest rail union backs a transcontinental merger proposal after winning job protections from UP, NS.
President Donald Trump said that the proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern forming the first U.S. transcontinental railroad “sounds good to me.”
A coalition of rail shippers warns regulators that the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger will hurt service and raise costs.
Following similar interline moves by competing railroads, merger partners Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have introduced an array of new domestic intermodal services.
