The National Transportation Safety Board has tried and failed to convince federal regulators to make HHFT safety rules apply to a much larger number of trains.

Union Pacific's proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern would connect more than 50,000 miles of rail across 43 states, creating the nation’s first intercontinental railroad.

US railroad customer groups have demanded regulators block or put onerous conditions on the proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Officials with Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific say it is too early to say what the effects of its planned 2027 merger will have on the railroad giants’ business presence in some of their smaller ...

On July 28, 2025, Norfolk Southern Corporation entered into a merger agreement with Union Pacific Corporation, which will see Union Pacific acquire Norfolk Southern in a stock-and-cash transaction ...

Union Pacific has signed an agreement to acquire Norfolk Southern in a stock and cash transaction, at an enterprise value of $85bn, which will result in a combined enterprise worth over $250bn.

The Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern merger could create the first modern true transcontinental railroad. Click here to read an analysis of UNP stock now.

The proposed merger on Tuesday of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would create the first coast-to-coast railroad in the United States that would be controlled by a single entity. The deal, value… ...

The proposed merger, announced Tuesday, would marry Union Pacific’s vast rail network in the West with Norfolk’s rails that snake across 22 Eastern states, and the District of Columbia.

Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern said on Tuesday that they have agreed to a merger to create a $200 billion rail giant based on their current market capitalizations.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announce a landmark $85 billion merger to create America's first transcontinental railroad, connecting over 50,000 route miles from coast to coast.