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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 ...
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 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 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 ...
Local leaders react to railroad merger
Area communities could see some changes if the proposed purchase of Norfolk Southern by Union Pacific becomes a reality. The proposed merger, announced earlier this week, would create the first ...
Union Pacific Railroad Merger: 43 States, 100 Ports To Be Linked In Massive $250B Deal With Norfolk Southern
Union Pacific’s $85B acquisition of Norfolk Southern, announced July 29, 2025, will create the first U.S. transcontinental ...
Ohio's Country Journal5d
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern merge, create first transcontinental railroad
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced on July 29 a definitive agreement to merge, forming the first true ...
Nebraska TV5d
NE at the center of rail history with first U.S. transcontinental merger
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have announced a groundbreaking merger agreement to create the United States' first ...
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern will merge to form a 50,000-mile network which spans across 43 states.
Union Pacific has confirmed that it will acquire Norfolk Southern in a massive $85 billion deal: the largest in the history ...
Maryland Daily Record5dOpinion
Union Pacific and Norfolk seek 1st transcontinental railroad through massive merger
Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad ...