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.
Most major railroads maintained their 2025 outlooks even amid worries about trade and the economy.
The latest heritage unit to join Union Pacific’s fleet honors Abraham Lincoln, who enabled the building of the transcontinental railroad.
The Surface Transportation Board will decide whether Union Pacific is blocking rival BNSF from accessing a Utah logistics park.
