Railway Age

Largest CREATE Rail Project Now in Motion

Officials broke ground on Oct. 25 on the largest CREATE project to date, The Forest Hill Flyover (P3), at CSX Forest Hill Railroad Yard. The groundbreaking also kicked off construction of the 71st ...

2 big unions balk at merger that would create first U.S. transcontinental railroad

The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads, which would create the first U.S.
KSAT

Union Pacific and Norfolk seek 1st transcontinental railroad through a massive merger

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WESA

A railroad mega-merger could create the country's first coast-to-coast freight railroad

Two of the largest railroads in North America have announced today that they plan to merge. Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern. If the deal gets past federal regulators, it would create the ...
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 ...
The Durango Herald

Union Pacific and Norfolk seek 1st transcontinental railroad through a massive merger

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, potentially triggering a final wave of rail ...