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Editorial: Will Chicago see fewer freight trains after the megamerger of Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific?
Celebrities going from New York to Hollywood had to change trains in Chicago, usually with time for a quick visit with ...
Train Stocks Could Fare Well as Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merge. Picking Winners.
When Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced their merger deal Tuesday to form “America’s first transcontinental ...
Top Senate Democrat Criticizes Union Pacific Deal to Buy Norfolk Southern
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer criticized Union Pacific's plan to acquire Norfolk Southern in a ...
Proposed railroad merger could decrease service for ag shippers
The deal reflects a shift in antitrust enforcement under U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. Executive orders aimed ...
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Chicago stands to win — and lose — in the rail industry's first coast-to-coast merger
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern's merger could streamline freight through Chicago — or sideline it. Here's what’s at stake ...
Transcript: The little railroad merger that could
Robert Armstrong All right. Quick. Name as many train songs as you can. Downtown Train, Midnight Train to Georgia, City of New Orleans, Dixie Flyer, Hear My Train A Comin’. That’s Jimi Hendrix. Today ...