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Jul 28, UP, NS Complete STB Supplements, Unveil Expanded Customer Protections

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced July 27, 2026, that they have completed responses to the Surface Transportation Board’s supplemental-information requests.

Regulators set schedule for review of UP-NS merger

The Surface Transportation Board resumed its review of the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger after lifting a prior delay. The post Regulators set schedule for review of UP-NS m...

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern defend rail merger application as STB review advances

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern insist their merger application meets regulatory thresholds and urge the STB to proceed with the review. The post Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern...

All Aboard: Navigating STB Constraints When Financing Class III Railroads

STB gives thousands more stakeholders a seat at UP-NS merger table

Useful recap: the regulator has pushed back its participation deadline to September 30, just as seven state attorneys general filed to block the benchmark deal.  An estimated 12,00...

STB extends deadline for participation in UP-NS merger review

Would-be participants have until the end of September to make a formal filing in the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger review. The post STB extends deadline for participation i...

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern add new customer protections as STB merger review advances

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have added new customer assurances to their merger application filing. The post Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern add new customer protections as S...

Jul 24, UP–NS Merger: First STB Supplements Filed; Full Responses Due July 27

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are deep into the Surface Transportation Board’s information requests on their proposed roughly $85 billion combination, with a July 27, 2026, de...

102 Dems to STB: Put labor first in UP-NS rail merger review

More than 100 House Democrats urged the Surface Transportation Board to prioritize rail jobs in its review of the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger. The post 102 Dems...

UP, NS file supplemental merger information with US regulators

The railroads say the answers they were required to file to questions posed by the Surface Transportation Board include customer protections that go beyond those contained in the o...

Six state AGs oppose UP-NS merger, call proposed competitive benefits insufficient

In a letter to Surface Transportation Board Chair Patrick Fuchs, Vice Chair Michelle Schulz, Member Richard Kloster, and Member Karen Hedlund, attorney generals from six Republican...

CEOs of UP, NS, say latest additions to rail merger application further enhance competitive aspects

The CEOs of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are confident that their merger application addressing competition concerns provides a compelling case for regulatory approval. The p...

Sep 8, United States Railroad Administration (USRA)

USRA federal control Dec. 28, 1917–March 1, 1920. McAdoo and Hines, Federal Control Act, compensation, standard steam locomotives (~1,850 originals) and 100,000 freight cars. Types...

Shipper groups urge STB to reject Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger bid

The shipper groups—The Alliance for Chemical Distribution (ACD), American Chemistry Council (ACC), The Fertilizer Institute (TFI), and the National Industrial Transportation Group—...

Amtrak announces new ‘System Expansion Committee’

Amtrak announces new ‘System Expansion Committee’ Zachary Whalen Thu, 09/03/2026 - 06:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption...

TSB Releases Safety Investigation Report on December 2025 QNS&L Derailment

DORVAL, Quebec - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released an investigation report regarding the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway ore train derailment last De...

DOT unveils plan to turn highways, rail lines into multi‑use utility arteries

Amid explosive development of data centers, a new plan by the Department of Transportation would leverage existing rail and road infrastructure to route power, water and other util...

FRA Moves to Modernize HSR Train Noise Standards – Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently announced that it will modernize U.S. train noise emissions standards, clearing the way for high-speed rail....

Fed. Circ. Backs Invalidating More PTAB Railcar Patent Claims

The Federal Circuit on Friday backed another Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that claims in an Amsted Rail Co. Inc. patent on monitoring trains were invalid, less than two m...

Federal court upholds challenge to FRA’s two-person rail crew rule

A federal appeals court rejects rail industry arguments that the two-person crew rule was arbitrary and overreaching. The post Federal court upholds challenge to FRA’s two-person r...

Jul 29, BNSF and Merger Opponents Unmoved by UP–NS Customer Commitments

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s July 27 Surface Transportation Board supplemental package—including expanded Committed Gateway Pricing and new customer-protection language—did...

Stop the Rail Merger Coalition calls on the White House to oppose proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger

The letter explained that if this merger is approved it would place nearly half of United States rail traffic under control of a single company, adding that it would result in harm...

Union Pacific, Norfolk Revise Application to Help Clinch Merger

U.S. rules require rail mergers to show that a deal would serve the public interest and enhance competition, a step beyond merger requirements applied to other industries.

HISTORIC Interagency Effort to Crack Down on FRAUD in Trucking Industry

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