Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern file historic $85 billion rail merger proposal with federal regulators

Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific filed paperwork Friday and are now making their case to federal regulators to approve a ...
Daily Herald

A railway merger trifecta? What supersized UP/Norfolk Southern combo could mean

Here we go again. For the second time in recent years, two railroad titans are contemplating a marriage that could shake the freight landscape nationally and locally. Union Pacific Railroad and ...
AOL

Analysis-Canadian Pacific joins Buffett in rejecting railroad consolidation, narrowing merger prospects

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Two major rail operators have taken themselves out of the merger game that has gripped the industry for the past month, reshaping the competitive landscape and raising the ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Hillside residents upset over freight train horns blaring overnight: 'We cannot sleep'

HILLSIDE, Ill. (WLS) -- People living near railroad tracks in west suburban Hillside are making some noise about freight train horns that blow at all hours of the night. Rail officials say they have ...

Canadian National Railway raises objections to the Norfolk Southern-Union Pacific merger

Canadian National Railway Company ( CNI) issued a statement on Monday noting that the application filed with the Surface ...
Fast Company

From Lincoln’s dream to an $85 billion merger, the transcontinental railroad is back

Between 1863 and 1869, the first transcontinental line, known as the Pacific Railroad, was built in the United States. The line ran from Omaha, Nebraska, to Sacramento, California, and carried ...

Union Pacific’s plan to add trains in the Chicago area raises alarms

In a merger application, the railroad plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West ...