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Union Pacific Outlines Proposed Norfolk Southern Merger at Shipper Meeting

January 15, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

Union Pacific Corp. said it met with customers at the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers’ winter meeting to discuss the proposed merger with Norfolk Southern and respond to criticism of the transaction.

CN Files Motion to Force Disclosure in UP-NS Merger Review

January 13, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

CN has filed a motion with the Surface Transportation Board to compel additional information in relation to the proposed merger agreement between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.

STB Proposes Repealing 1985 Switching Rule

January 9, 2026 The Turntable

The Surface Transportation Board has proposed repealing a 1985 rule governing reciprocal switching, through routes, and through rates, saying the change would remove regulatory barriers and expand competitive options for shippers and railroads.

Canadian National Railway Company in Chicago.

CN: Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern Merger Filing Fails to Show How it Would ‘Enhance Competition’

December 20, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

CN said the application that Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern filed with the STB on Friday “fails to demonstrate that the merger would enhance competition or generate significant public benefits that would require a merger.”

BNSF Unimpressed With Initial Review of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern STB filing

December 20, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

BNSF President & CEO Katie Farmer said that while the company is reviewing the STB filing submitted by Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern on Friday, it will have more to say.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern File STB Merger Application

December 19, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Union Pacific Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation today filed an application with the Surface Transportation Board requesting approval to combine the two railroads.

CSX Plans to Discontinue Service on the Baldwinsville Subdivision in Central New York

December 15, 2025 The Turntable

CSX Transportation wants federal approval to discontinue common-carrier service along a more than 11.1-mile section of tracks in Oswego and Onondaga counties, New York.

Railroads Seek to End Service on 2.2 Miles of Track in Columbus, Georgia

December 15, 2025 The Turntable

The South Carolina Central Railroad and Georgia Southwestern Railroad have asked federal regulators to approve the abandonment and discontinuance of service on nearly 2.2 miles of rail in Muscogee County, citing the lack of freight traffic since 2016.

Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Wants Trackage Rights Over Cedar River Railroad

December 12, 2025 The Turntable

The Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad has asked federal regulators to approve limited local trackage rights over a 43.5-mile segment of the Cedar River Railroad, from milepost 41.5 at Charles City, Iowa, to milepost 85.0 in London Township, Minnesota.

STB Grants Fortress Exemption to Control Wheeling & Lake Erie, Akron Barberton Cluster

December 2, 2025 The Turntable

The Surface Transportation Board has granted Fortress Investment Group an exemption to assume control of The Wheeling Corporation and its rail subsidiaries, the Class II Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway and Class III Akron Barberton Cluster Railway.

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