Union Pacific argues for its $85B acquisition of Norfolk Southern in new railroad merger application

Nebraska business leaders, Gov. Pillen step up support for Union Pacific-led merger

Gov. Jim Pillen and Nebraska business leaders are backing a revised $85 billion rail merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. Regulators previously rejected the plan as incomplete.

Why doesn't America have a transcontinental railroad?

In 1869, the first-ever American transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory Summit, then in the Utah Territory. Passengers and cargo from the industrial cities of the Northeast could make the steam-powered one-week journey toward the West Coast, stretching the American frontier and settling the West. Nearly 160 years later, highway systems and airplanes have taken over as the primary means of transportation for passengers across the n…

UP, NS refile merger applications with STB

The revised submission includes additional data from several Class I railroads that weren’t in the original application filed in December 2025.

CN Statement on UP-NS Amended Merger Re-Application

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71% of Voters Reject Proposed Railroad ‘Monopoly’

By Pedro Rodriguez, The Daily Signal | April 29, 2026 A new survey from the Stop the Rail Merger Coalition, conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, which is heavily relied upon by President Donald Trump’s administration, found that 71% of likely voters oppose the $85 billion merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, which Union Pacific proposed a day before the two companies were set to file a revised application. The proposed merger woul…

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern submit new merger application

(The Center Square) – Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern on Thursday submitted a new merger application to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board that would create the country's first transcontinental railroad.