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Union Pacific’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern — an $85 billion deal that would create the first U.S.

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 railroad.

As fans of “The Gilded Age” know, great fortunes were made by building railroads across the width of the USA. Chicago, of course, was the epicenter of all that. Celebrities going from New York to ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern file a comprehensive merger application with the Surface Transportation Board to create America’s first transcontinental railroad.

In a merger application, the railroad plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West ...

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

BELLWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- It's the type of crime that spans nearly two centuries, back when the railroad was first built: thieves stealing cargo from freight trains. A Union Pacific West freight train ...

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