Trains on MSN

CN CEO says UP-NS merger application has a ‘long way to go'

MONTREAL — Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have “a long way to go” to address issues with their merger application, ...
Trains on MSN

Seven Chicago-area suburbs join forces to address UP-NS merger

BERKELEY, Ill. — Seven suburban communities along Union Pacific’s east-west main line are organizing to pursue representation ...
Cowboy State Daily

Feds Reject Railroad Mega Merger That Threatened Wyoming Coal

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern's bid to create the largest rail merger in history was rejected last week by federal ...
Railway Age

Class I Briefs: NS, UP

Norfolk Southern (NS) earns a spot on Fortune magazine’s list of World’s Most Admired Companies. Also, Union Pacific’s (UP) ...
Railway Age

NS: East Edge Double-Stack Service ‘Built for Growth’

Norfolk Southern (NS) on Jan. 21 reported launching East Edge, a newly cleared double-stack intermodal corridor connecting ...
E&E

Researchers press Congress, regulators to address danger of long trains

The Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, last year was as long as 31 football fields. Congress and federal regulators should take steps to protect the public and railroad ...
Railway Gazette International

Norfolk Southern thinks outside the box to double-stack containers

USA: Norfolk Southern has launched East Edge, an intermodal corridor newly-cleared for double-stack trains between Chicago ...
Associated Press

Railroads and regulators must address the dangers of long trains, report says

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — As freight trains have grown longer, the U.S. has seen an increase in the number of a type of derailment caused by the forces of railcars pushing and pulling against each other, the ...