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From Lincoln’s dream to an $85 billion merger, the transcontinental railroad is back
If Union Pacific’s megamerger succeeds, one company could soon carry freight from California to Virginia without switching ...
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern join forces to create the first transcontinental railroad in the United States: key benefits
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, two giants of freight transportation in the United States, have come together to form the ...
Union Pacific and Norfolk seek 1st transcontinental railroad through a massive merger
Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad ...
America’s first transcontinental freight railroad is planned after a megamerger
Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion ...
Union Pacific announces bid for Norfolk Southern to create transcontinental railroad
Union Pacific offers $20 billion cash and one share of its stock to buy Norfolk Southern Tuesday in a merger that could ...
Proposed Railway Merger Would Create First U.S. Transcontinental Railroad
Union Pacific Corporation announced it will acquire Norfolk Southern Corporation, forming the first coast-to-coast rail ...
Union Pacific, Norfolk seek first transcontinental U.S. railroad through massive merger
Proposed deal would marry Union Pacific’s vast rail network in the West with Norfolk’s rails across 22 Eastern states and the ...
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Roundup: Developing apartments / Transcontinental railroad / Consumer confidence
Housing developers have said it’s too expensive to build quality, low-income apartments, citing rising costs for land, materials and labor, as well as increasingly restrictive zoning regulations.