Union Pacific

Intermodal would be approximately 53% of a combined entity’s volume.

A trio of veteran experts will advise the Surface Transportation Board and chairman Patrick Fuchs as talk of mergers grows louder. 

Goldman Sachs is advising BNSF Railway on a possible merger, according to a published report, just days after news broke of talks between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.

In a business as tightly coupled to its past as railroading, there is much at stake for several individuals in the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger.

Intermodal, coal, and grains are driving Class I railroad traffic higher.

Union Pacific, the largest publicly-held railroad, is in merger talks with eastern rival Norfolk Southern, according to a published report.

Union Pacific has retained investment bank Morgan Stanley to explore a potential acquisition of a Class I railroad, according to a report. 

BNSF Railway and Union Pacific came to an agreement on routing of intermodal trains ahead of a meeting with regulators. 

A federal appeals court has thrown out a rule that gave shippers with poor rail service access to a second railroad.

BNSF asks Surface Transportation Board for emergency order to start southern California-Salt Lake City service over Union Pacific tracks.

Intermodal helped make CPKC the fastest-growing railroad in the second quarter.

That light at the end of the rail merger tunnel is becoming an oncoming investment express.

The largest U.S. railroad is taking a customer-focused approach as it deploys technology across it 32,000-mile system. 

History doesn’t provide a road map for how intermodal traffic may perform in the midst of a trade war, analyst Larry Gross says.

A California startup wants to repurpose a lightly used freight route for a luxury overnight train connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Union Pacific and partner ZTR said they have completed testing of a hybrid battery-electric locomotive.

Railroad executives told an investors conference that future mergers face likely insurmountable regulatory hurdles.

Eastbound international container volume out of Southern California was down 5% from the prior week and 10% compared to the four-week rolling average, according to RailState.

Talk of mergers is making the rounds of Class I railroads as a way to kick-start growth and take advantage of a business-friendly Trump administration.

Union Pacific President Beth Whited will step down to an adviser role after 37 years at the railroad.