• Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s merger bid advanced as the Surface Transportation Board accepted the companies’ merger application on May 28, 2026.
• The companies framed the deal as creating a single transcontinental U.S. railroad network linking Union Pacific’s western footprint with Norfolk Southern’s eastern routes.

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