OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific expects to file its revised Norfolk Southern merger application in March, CEO Jim Vena said on ...

WASHINGTON, DC, US — Class I rail grain carloads reached an all-time high in 2025, according to the Jan. 22 Grain Transportation Report by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The federal regulators said the railroads failed to project post-merger market share despite claims of expected traffic ...

The 2026 edition of Railway Age’s Next-Gen Freight Rail (NGFR) conference, March 10 at the Union League Club of Chicago, ...

Four of the nation’s largest railroads hope to throw a wrench in plans by rivals Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to merge into one huge freight carrier. Officials with BNSF, CPKC, CSX and CN ...

Proposed merger of two rail networks faces a lengthy deliberation from the Surface Transportation Board, David Murray writes.

A proposal for a megamerger, joining Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads, was tossed by federal regulators Friday because it “does not contain certain information” required by the ...

In a decision predicted by Railway Age (“Why Not a Merger Timeout?,” Watching Washington, November 2025 issue), the Surface ...

The US Surface Transportation Board (STB) has rejected as incomplete the merger application filed by Union Pacific (UP) and ...

You could say that Jim Vena’s latest salvo in the war of words over the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger was downright Shakespearean. Which is to say that the Union Pacific CEO thinks ...

BNSF does not expect full recovery from the winter storm that swept across its network until early next week, the railroad said in a Tuesday, Jan. 27, customer advisory. CSX says in its own Tuesday ...

Jan 22 (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway -owned BNSF Railway on Thursday said a winter storm will disrupt operations across ...