Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern detail merger-related corridor upgrades

A Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger will lead to higher daily train counts on some key corridors as the railroads tie their networks together, eliminate interchanges, and take shortcuts to avoid ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Union Pacific proposes buy of railroad for $85B

Union Pacific announced Tuesday that it had reached an agreement to acquire Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the United States, and ...
Altoona Mirror

Union Pacific, NS profits solid amid merger talks

FILE - A Union Pacific freight train idles on the track as it waits to continue moving, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Red Rock, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) OMAHA, Neb. — Both Union Pacific ...
Chicago Tribune

Union Pacific’s plan to add trains in the Chicago area raises alarms

To make money on its proposed cross-country railroad, Union Pacific plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West Side where workers still throw switches by hand ...
KJCT8

Union Pacific train derails into the Gunnison River after a rockfall

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -A Union Pacific train derailed into the Gunnison River late on the night of December 3 after a rockfall and a large boulder blocked the tracks between Whitewater and ...