If Union Pacific’s merger is approved, it could gain control of train operators who’ve been hauling freight across Chicago for more than a century.

Proposed merger of two rail networks faces a lengthy deliberation from the Surface Transportation Board, David Murray writes.

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific Railroad announced today it has added 15 new Focus Sites across eight states to its network, with 12 of those sites located on short line railroads that ...

Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern backed the railroads’ proposed $85 billion merger to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast rail network. Roughly 99% of both railroads’ ...

SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD), the largest rail labor organization in the U.S., tells CNBC it will oppose the proposed merger between freight rails Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. The ...

When Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced their merger deal Tuesday to form “America’s first transcontinental railroad,” it puzzled some who recalled the golden spike driven in 1869 at Utah’s ...

FILE - A Union Pacific freight train travels along the tracks April 17, 2025, in Eloy, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) OMAHA, Neb. — Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern backed ...

The railroad added 15 new Focus Sites to its network; 12 of the new industrial parks are connected through short line railroads OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Union Pacific Railroad announced today it ...

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) tells CNBC it will oppose the proposed deal over concerns about Union Pacific's labor practices. In a statement, ...