Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) plans to merge with Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal. This merger aims to create ...

Together, the two would create the first transcontinental freight rail in the United States and the largest freight rail ...

As two of America's freight railroads move to merge, industrial supply chains could see both streamlined coast-to-coast shipping and reduced competitive alternatives in an increasingly consolidated ...

Despite setbacks in 2022 and 2023, the firm rekindled margin improvement in 2024 under PSR veteran Jim Vena's leadership. Union-contract wage and benefit inflation will remain a partial margin ...

Further consolidation in rail industry could lead to higher costs for Wisconsin manufacturers, agriculture, small businesses, and consumers ...

U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) are urging the Surface Transportation Board to “keep the best ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern today announced an $85 billion deal to tie their networks together and create the first ...

While Warren Buffett downplays merger rumors, Berkshire Hathaway can't ignore the strategic benefits of linking with CSX. With over $330 billion ready to deploy, snagging CSX would barely dent ...

Editor’s Note: This analysis was originally published as a stock note by Morningstar Equity Research.

The merger would create the United States’ first coast-to-coast rail network, spanning 50,000 miles and 43 states.