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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern logos are seen in this illustration taken August 5, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
May 1, 2026

US railroads Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern seek approval for $85 billion merger

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern submitted a revised $85 billion merger application to the Surface Transportation Board to create a coast-to-coast freight rail operator.

FILE - A Union Pacific freight train travels along the tracks April 17, 2025, in Eloy, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Nov 14, 2025

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern shareholders OK merger

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern shareholders approve an $85B rail merger, but the Surface Transportation Board must still sign off.

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern seek 1st transcontinental railroad through massive merger
Jul 29, 2025

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern seek 1st transcontinental railroad through massive merger

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, and potentially trigger a final wave of rail mergers across the country. The proposed merger, announced Tuesday, would marry Union Pacific’s rail network in the West with Norfolk’s […]

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern confirm merger talks
Jul 24, 2025

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern confirm merger talks

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed Thursday that they are in merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West Coast. The Associated Press reported last week that the companies were discussing a tie-up but neither company confirmed until Thursday morning. The potential merger would combine the largest […]

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