OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern backed the railroads’ proposed $85 billion merger to ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad in North America that would connect the East and West Coasts. The merger discussions began ...

Big railroad mergers have often been plagued by problematic computer cutovers that lead to service meltdowns, most recently ...

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Confidence was not in short supply when Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena held a rolling news conference last week to tout UP’s ...

ITASCA, Ill. (WLS) -- Federal regulators have given the green light to a railroad merger that could bring more freight trains through the Chicago area. A coalition of western suburban towns has been ...

Kansas City Southern and Canadian Pacific railroads meet in one place only, the Joint Agency Yard in Kansas City's East Bottoms While Kansas City Southern will no longer exist as a stand-alone company ...

Kansas City Southern has abandoned its agreement to be acquired by Canadian Pacific, choosing instead a competing bid from Canadian National Railway with a bigger price tag, but also greater ...

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The first major railroad merger in more than two decades will go forward after federal regulators approved Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern. The two are the smallest ...

The vast majority of shareholders for Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern voted on Friday to support the $85 billion merger ...