The Surface Transportation Board has combined its two legal offices into one and named Anika Cooper as chief counsel, the board has announced. The changes were announced Monday (Aug. 4, 2025), but ...

Union Pacific's proposed purchase of smaller rival rail operator Norfolk Southern will need to be approved by the Surface ...

U.S. railroad customer groups have demanded regulators block or put onerous conditions on the proposed merger of Union ...

Amtrak and Union Pacific have reached a settlement in their dispute over performance of the Sunset Limited and have asked the ...

Last month, Union Pacific said it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the first U.S.

More than two and a half years after Amtrak called on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to initiate an investigation ...

WASHINGTON — Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern plan to file their merger application with the Surface Transportation Board on or before Jan, 29, 2026, according to a notice of intent filed with the ...

The merger would create the United States’ first coast-to-coast rail network, spanning 50,000 miles and 43 states.

Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion ...

The largest rail union in the U.S. will oppose Union Pacific's ( NYSE: UNP) planned $72 billion acquisition of Norfolk ...

If you think federal regulatory agencies—even federally owned Amtrak—have strayed from what former Southern Railway and ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has released its final report on the catastrophic implosion of OceanGate's Titan submersible, which ...