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Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern

Train Stocks Could Fare Well as Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merge. Picking Winners.

When Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced their merger deal Tuesday to form “America’s first transcontinental railroad,” it puzzled some who recalled the golden spike driven in 1869 at Utah’s Promontory Summit. That last spike only connected two railroads from Omaha, Neb., to Sacramento, Calif.

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Chicago Tribune · 6h

Editorial: Will Chicago see fewer freight trains after the megamerger of Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific?

Celebrities going from New York to Hollywood had to change trains in Chicago, usually with time for a quick visit with legendary gossip columnist Irv Kupcinet in Booth One at the Pump Room. And cross-country freight,

The New York Times · 2d

Union Pacific to Buy Norfolk Southern in $85 Billion Railroad Deal

The merger would create the United States’ first coast-to-coast rail network, spanning 50,000 miles and 43 states.

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Norfolk Southern budget maneuver adds $27M to SC Ports’ rail yard costs

A late-in-the-game demand by Norfolk Southern railroad is hiking the price of an already over-budget rail yard the South Carolina State Ports Authority is building to support cargo shipments through ...

Crain's Chicago Business5h

Chicago stands to win — and lose — in the rail industry's first coast-to-coast merger

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern's merger could streamline freight through Chicago — or sideline it. Here's what’s at stake ...

2dOpinion

A Railroad Merger Test for the Feds

Norfolk Southern tie up would aid long-haul transport.

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