Control of a key local entity is one of the reasons the Surface Transportation Board denied the merger application for now.

The Surface Transportation Board ruled the document is “incomplete.” The companies must refile with additional information.

Canadian National Railway is pressing U.S. federal regulators to demand more information from Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern as they seek approval for their proposed merger.

An attempt to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast railroad merger is underway, as leaders from the Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific officially filed paperwork Friday and are now making their ...

A merger between shipping giants Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern could soon create the nation’s first transcontinental railroad company, with tracks spanning more than 50,000 miles across 43 states ...

The vast majority of shareholders for Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern voted on Friday to support the $85 billion merger that would transform the two companies into a transcontinental railroad titan ...

ATLANTA — A new merger could shake up a railroad giant headquartered in Atlanta. Norfolk Southern is set to merge with Nebraska-based Union Pacific, which could cost some workers their jobs. Union ...