This is the fifth in a five-part series about railroad growth coming from truck conversions contemplated in Union Pacific’s Dec. 19, 2025 application sent to the Surface Transportation Board to acquir ...

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BNSF President & CEO Katie Farmer issued the following statement on the UP merger application filing: “While we are still reviewing the STB filing and will have ...

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - BNSF Railway CEO Katie Farmer still doesn't see further rail industry consolidation as inevitable if a Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger is approved. Just the fact that the ...

After the federal Surface Transportation Board rejected a merger application between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern in January, it wasn’t clear how long it would take for the railroads to retry ...

OMAHA, Neb. -- The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more than half their workers over concerns it will ...

In merger filing, Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern are touting potential for faster, more reliable service. Critics in ag, food, chemical sectors worry merger could reduce competition and spur further ...

NEW YORK, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Railroad operators Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern on ‌Friday filed a nearly 7,000‑page merger application with the U.S. ‌Surface Transportation Board (STB), drawing ...

BNSF Railway, which employs nearly 3,000 people at its Fort Worth headquarters, is lobbying against a colossal merger proposal by two competitors that would reshape the nation's freight rail network ...

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