January 18, 2026 - TRA Newswire -The Surface Transportation Board turned back Union Pacific’s application to acquire Norfolk Southern this past Friday. The Board didn’t say the transaction is good or bad, pro-competitive or anti-competitive. What it did say, very clearly, is...

December 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) and Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) Friday filed an application with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) requesting approval to combine the two railroads. The companies entered into a merger agreement on...

November 15, 2025 - TRA Newswire -While nearly all shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern stock voting to back the proposed $85 billion merger that would create the nation's first coast-to-coast freight rail network, four rail advocacy groups have...

August 10, 2025 - RailPassengers.org -Just a few days following Union Pacific’s announcement of its intent to merge with Norfolk Southern, Amtrak revealed it has settled with UP over its long-running late-trains proceeding and asked the Surface Transportation Board to dismiss the...

August 6, 2025 - Trains.com -The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis has issued its final Environmental Impact Statement for the Green Eagle Railroad, a 1.3-mile line that would be part of a new 19-mile rail route and bridge...

August 4, 2025 - T4america.org - $66 billion was dedicated to rail in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), but this historic amount was directed into a federal structure that has repeatedly failed to efficiently manage passenger rail projects, including...

July 7, 2025 - Trains.com -Canadian Pacific Kansas City can send Midwestern grain to export at the ports of Houston and Galveston via haulage rights over Union Pacific south of Beaumont, Texas, the Surface Transportation Board said.Union Pacific in 2023 had...

June 29, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Sometimes when you try to merge two separate railroads together it goes well..... and sometimes it doesn't.Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) found out that trying to merge legacy network Kansas City Southern (KCS) into...

March 14, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Early registration for the 21st Annual Southwestern Rail Conference at the Hurst Texas Conference Center ends March 22nd so you only have a few days to take advance of a discounted rate.The only all-rail...

February 13, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Newly appointed Vice Chair of the Surface Transportation Board, Michelle Schultz, will be a guest speaker during the 21st Annual Southwestern Rail Conference, April 7-8, at the Hurst Texas Conference Center.Ms. Schultz was named...