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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are back at the Surface Transportation Board with an amended merger application, again pitching their tie-up as the deal that will create America’s first “transcontinental” railroad — and insisting the revised filing is even more airtight than the first.

The Ohio Department of Transportation’s Transportation Review Advisory Council has approved $123.1 million for 11 major transportation projects in eight counties over the next four years, including money for rail infrastructure work in Cuyahoga County.

Should Congress decide to consider railroad safety legislation, such as the Railway Safety Act introduced earlier this year, don’t expect the railroad industry to consider the measure as it currently stands.