Union Pacific proposes $85 billion merger with Norfolk Southern Deal would create first U.S. transcontinental railroad Merger faces intense antitrust scrutiny by the Surface Transportation Board Big ...

OMAHA, Neb. — The nation’s largest railroad union joined the list of companies endorsing Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern Monday after securing promises to protect ...

The Big Boy locomotive is stopping at the Navy Yard to mark the nation's 250th anniversary during its first East Coast tour.

Union Pacific the largest U.S. railroad operator, said on Thursday it is in advanced talks with rival Norfolk Southern, signaling that a deal to form a $200 billion coast-to-coast rail company could ...

Union Pacific said on Tuesday 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 ...