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UP reaches agreement to acquire Norfolk Southern

July 30, 2025 1 min read
author Anamika Mishra, Sub Editor
Union Pacific Corp. (UP), Omaha, Nebraska and Norfolk Southern Corp. (NS), Atlanta, has signed an agreement for the latter firm to be acquired by UP in a stock and cash transaction. The agreement merger would “create America’s first transcontinental railroad [and] seamlessly connect over 50,000 route miles across 43 states from the East Coast to the West Coast, linking approximately 100 ports and nearly every corner of North America,” states UP. For many years, shippers in the United States and Canada have been served by six class

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