OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific hopes regulators will be convinced this time that its $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern that it detailed for the second time Thursday will be good for the ...

Combining Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern into the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. would create a 52,215-mile colossus that could offer seamless service from coast to coast, bypassing ...

The federal government on Thursday paused a proposed merger of two railroad behemoths, Nebraska staple Union Pacific and Georgia-based Norfolk Southern. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board, an indep ...

ROUND E15 SALES AS A SEPARATE BILL. NEBRASKA GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN IS BACKING UNION PACIFIC’S PROPOSED MERGER WITH NORFOLK SOUTHERN. HE SAYS FARMERS WOULD HAVE MORE CONTROL AND FLEXIBILITY WITH THE ...

Between 1863 and 1869, the first transcontinental line, known as the Pacific Railroad, was built in the United States. The line ran from Omaha, Nebraska, to Sacramento, California, and carried ...