(CNN) — Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion deal that would create America’s first transcontinental freight ...

There’s a good argument that the U.S. would benefit from a freight railroad stretching from the East Coast to the West Coast. There may be an even better argument it would benefit from two of them.

Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a deal valued at $85 billion in a merger that could trigger the final wave of railroad mergers across the country.The merger would create the first ...

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

For decades, a patchwork of regional rail networks across the United States have been forced to grapple with the same headache: Interchanges, where cargo is handed from one rail line to another.

OMAHA, Nebraska & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) and Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) today filed an application with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) requesting ...

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, and potentially trigger a final wave of rail ...