Union Pacific has completed expansion of its Casa Grande Yard, doubling capacity at the facility about 70 miles west of Tucson on the railroad’s Gila Subdivision. The project added four tracks and a ...

Two major rail companies are planning to merge, potentially creating the first transcontinental freight railroad in the country's history. Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced the landmark $85 ...

Railroad giants Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern formally sought federal approval Friday for a seismic merger that would change how freight moves across the region and continent. “This is huge,” the ...

When large railroads combine it can mean job losses or major changes for workers who may be asked to relocate or shift roles ...

HUTTO, TEXAS - JULY 29: A Union Pacific freight train travels on July 29, 2025 in Hutto, Texas. Union Pacific has reached an agreement to purchase Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal. The ...

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Union Pacific said today it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the first U.S. coast-to-coast freight rail operator and reshape the movement of goods from grains ...

Despite a volatile macroeconomic backdrop, Union Pacific's operating revenue increased 3% year over year to $6.2 billion in the first quarter. With its rail network spanning 23 states and linking ...

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 ...