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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern outline yard and terminal expansion projects

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern say their yard and terminal capacity expansion plans will help ensure that the combined ...
Trains

UP-NS merger plan calls for idling of intermodal, automotive facilities in gateway cities

While the end-to-end nature of Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger limits the amount of redundant trackage or facilities, ...
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 ...
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 ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern file historic $85 billion rail merger proposal with federal regulators

Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific filed paperwork Friday and are now making their case to federal regulators to approve a ...
FreightWaves

‘Application day’ nears for UP-NS rail merger

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern will file their formal merger application Friday with the Surface Transportation Board, ...
Commercial Carrier Journal

Rail merger targets 2 million truckloads of freight annually

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern merger aims to reduce highway congestion and repair costs by revolutionizing rail freight.

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 ...
Railway Age

What’s Really Going on in Chicagoland: A Contrarian View

According to recently published statements made by Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena, we need a transcontinental rail merger to dramatically improve rail service by eliminating what Vena claims are the ...
The Business Journals

The rail industry and America’s re-industrialization: How Norfolk Southern is building the next era of U.S. manufacturing

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. America is experiencing a manufacturing renaissance. After ...
Railway Age

Class I Briefs: UP, NS

Students from The Rail Academy of Central California (TRACC) get a hands-on experience at Union Pacific’s (UP) Stockton Yard. Also, Norfolk Southern (NS) partners with the Atlanta Falcons and the ...