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 Side.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Proposed railroad merger could eventually increase local train traffic

A proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads promises to revolutionize freight transportation if it ...
Trains on MSN

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern detail merger-related corridor upgrades

A Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger will lead to higher daily train counts on some key corridors as the railroads tie ...
Trains on MSN

BNSF warns customers about risks of UP-NS merger

BNSF Railway Chief Marketing Officer Tom Williams warned customers on Tuesday, Jan. 6, that the proposed Union ...

2 big rail unions oppose $85B Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger over safety and cost concerns

The proposed $85 billion merger of the Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more than half their workers.
FreightWaves

UP, NS: Merger will create 10,000 single-line service lanes, shift 105k truckloads to rail

Merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern will create 10,000 single-line rail lanes, annually shifting 105,000 truckloads to rail and improving efficiency by eliminating interchanges.
FreightWaves

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern file historic rail merger application

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern file a comprehensive merger application with the Surface Transportation Board to create America’s first transcontinental railroad.
Grand Island Independent

Three Union Pacific freight trains collide

NORTH PLATTE — Three Union Pacific freight trains collided Wednesday, igniting a fire and forcing the closure of a portion of a highway. Two locomotives — one that exploded into flames — lay on their ...