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JOSH FUNK Transportation Writer.

FILE - A maintenance worker walks past the company logo on the side of a locomotive in the Union Pacific Railroad fueling yard in north Denver, Oct. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Biggest rail union joins others in endorsing Union Pacific merger but some still have reservations

September 22, 2025

The nation’s largest railroad union endorsed Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern Monday after securing promises to protect jobs. Other unions and chemical makers that rely on the railroads are still expressing concerns about the deal. The SMART-TD union that represents conductors and other rail workers said Union Pacific promised not to lay off any of its workers as a result of the merger and protect their jobs throughout their careers. But the head of one of the next biggest unions said he doesn’t think this deal does nearly enough to protect rail jobs, so he’s not ready to support the merger.

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A CSX freight pulls through Ohiopyle, Pa., on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

CSX railroad’s merger prospects derail as BNSF and CPKC make clear they aren’t interested in a deal

August 26, 2025

The prospects for additional consolidation in the rail industry derailed this week when both of CSX’s potential partners said they weren’t interested in a deal. Investors widely speculated that CSX would be an acquisition target once rumors of merger talks between Union Pacific and Norfolk Sothern emerged over the summer, because of the challenge of competing against a nationwide railroad. Both BNSF and CPKC have made clear they don’t think a merger makes sense. Meanwhile, it remains to be seen if last month’s announcement of the transcontinental Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger will be approved.

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FILE - Los Angeles skyline is seen above the Union Pacific LATC Intermodal Terminal is seen on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Union Pacific and Norfolk seek 1st transcontinental railroad through a massive merger

July 29, 2025

Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, and potentially trigger a final wave of rail mergers across the country. The proposed merger, announced Tuesday, would marry Union Pacific’s rail network in the West with Norfolk’s rails that snake across Eastern states. The nation was first linked by rail in 1869, when a golden railroad spike was driven in Utah to symbolize the connection of East and West Coasts. Yet no single entity has controlled that coast-to-coast passage that so many businesses rely on. Regulators will take a close look at the impact of this deal before considering whether to approve it.

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