The Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Railroads announce plans to create the first transcontinental railroad. (Courtesy of Norfolk Southern) Omaha-based Union Pacific Railroad’s announcement Tuesday ...

Union Pacific has distributed more than $4 million in grants to 430 nonprofit organizations across its system as part of its ...

The largest railroad merger in U.S. history was announced less than three months ago, and opposition has begun. On July 29, ...

(AP) - Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed that they are in “advanced” merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West Coast. The ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, and potentially trigger a final wave of rail ...

Omaha-based Union Pacific Railroad’s announcement Tuesday that it is acquiring the Norfolk Southern Railway — a move that would create the first transcontinental, coast-to-coast rail system — drew ...