"The $71.5 billion merger deal between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced Tuesday joins 50,000 miles of railroad tracks that span from the Jersey shore to the ports in California. The union would create a single company controlling coast-to-coast rail shipments for the first time in U.S. history - a feat Union Pacific says would speed up shipping and make supply chains more efficient...” (Esther Fung, 2025)
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Fung, Esther. (2025, July 29th) A Megamerger Creates America's First Coast-to-Coast Rail Operator. Available from The Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/transcontinental-railway-union-pacific-norfolk-southern-03e313aa?msockid=2da18bea916264dd264c9e6090b4653b
Published on July 31, 2025