Merger would give UP unprecedented role in Chicago and more control of rail industry, critics warn

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.
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UP-NS Merger Dominates MARS 2026 Winter Meeting

Despite a snow squall that snarled traffic and shut down Chicago’s airports for a couple of hours, the Midwest Association of ...
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Biggest rail union joins others in endorsing Union Pacific merger but some still have reservations

FILE - A maintenance worker walks past the company logo on the side of a locomotive in the Union Pacific Railroad fueling yard in north Denver, Oct. 18, 2006. (AP ...
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Is Union Pacific’s proposed merger the best way to speed up deliveries?

A plan to build the first transcontinental freight railroad in the U.S. is putting a spotlight on a chokepoint in American rail shipping. Today, no single railroad controls tracks from the West Coast ...

Union Pacific Settles Conductor’s Retaliation, Safety Claims

Union Pacific Railroad Co. reached a deal to end a conductor’s claims that he was retaliated against after reporting unsafe ...