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

In a merger application, the railroad plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West Side.
Trains on MSN

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern defend completeness of merger application

WASHINGTON — Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern today defended their merger application as complete. UP said the Surface ...
Business Wire

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to Create America’s First Transcontinental Railroad

Transaction to transform the U.S. supply chain and economy; strengthen domestic manufacturing; and preserve union jobs Two legendary railroads enter agreement to combine in stock and cash merger, ...
Trains

Trains’ top stories of 2025: No. 1, the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger

Union Pacific’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern — an $85 billion deal that would create the first U.S.
E&E

Amtrak settles freight interference case against Union Pacific

The agreement comes as Union Pacific seeks federal approval for its merger with Norfolk Southern railroad. Amtrak has settled a dispute with Union Pacific over delays to one of Amtrak’s long-distance ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Delays hit Metra Union Pacific-North trains

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Los Angeles Times

Citing lives at risk, train workers urge Union Pacific to allow trail to stunning waterfall

Safety and public lands advocates have long called for a trail to Mossbrae Falls so hikers aren’t tempted to access the natural wonder via dangerous train tracks. “Each month that goes by without a ...