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Editorial: Will Chicago see fewer freight trains after the megamerger of Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific?

As fans of “The Gilded Age” know, great fortunes were made by building railroads across the width of the USA. Chicago, of ...

Top Senate Democrat criticizes Union Pacific deal to buy Norfolk Southern

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday criticized Union Pacific's plan ...

Train Stocks Could Fare Well as Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merge. Picking Winners.

When Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced their merger deal Tuesday to form “America’s first transcontinental ...

Proposed railroad merger could decrease service for ag shippers

The deal reflects a shift in antitrust enforcement under U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. Executive orders aimed ...

Railroad merger may take away ‘Norfolk’ name, former NS CEO says it won’t take away pride

Union Pacific and Norfolk seek 1st transcontinental railroad through a massive merger In a joint press release from the ...
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UP-NS merger puts intermodal giants on the wrong side of the map

The proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger leaves three major intermodal customers — J.B. Hunt, Schneider, and STG ...
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Chicago stands to win — and lose — in the rail industry's first coast-to-coast merger

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern's merger could streamline freight through Chicago — or sideline it. Here's what’s at stake ...
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Schumer, leader of Senate Democrats, speaks out against UP-NS merger

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the Senate Democratic leader, has spoken out against the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern ...

Union Pacific Corporation (UNP): Jim Cramer Believes The Norfolk Deal Won’t See Competition

Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP)’s shares, like those of Norfolk Southern, dipped by a little over 2% after it announced ...

The Little Railroad Merger That Could

On Tuesday, the American railroad giant Union Pacific announced its intention to buy Norfolk Southern, promising to fulfill Abraham Lincoln’s dream of a transcontinental railroad. Today on the show, ...