This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. It was supported by the Climate Equity Reporting Project and the Stakes Project at UC Berkeley School of Journalism.

If Union Pacific’s merger is approved, it could gain control of train operators who’ve been hauling freight across Chicago ...

Union Pacific says the $85 billion merger would serve the public interest and win federal approval by unclogging Chicago, the cradle of American railroading and still its biggest and most notorious ...

OMAHA, Neb. - A Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger will lead to higher daily train counts on some key corridors as the railroads tie their networks together, eliminate interchanges, and take ...

Aug 3 (Reuters) - U.S. railroad customer groups have demanded regulators block or put onerous conditions on the proposed merger of Union Pacific (UNP.N), opens new tab and Norfolk Southern (NSC.N), ...

Regulators will decide whether a merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would improve shipment times or stifle competition. A decision is expected in 2027. By Peter Eavis The two freight rail ...