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Farmer reiterates that BNSF has ‘no interest’ in merger

BNSF Railway CEO Katie Farmer still doesn’t see further rail industry consolidation as inevitable if a Union Pacific-Norfolk ...
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Driverless freight trains on Southern California rails? This L.A. startup is already testing them

Tucked away off Highway 126, on a network of railway tracks sometimes used to shoot movies, a local startup is testing what it says is the future of transportation: driverless freight trains. Parallel ...
Railway Age

Resourceful Rail Adds WESL to Short Line Portfolio

Eldridge, Iowa-based Resourceful Rail on Jan. 8 reported acquiring the 2.23-mile West Erie Short Line, Inc., from NIWX ...
New Orleans City Business

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirm merger talks to create coast to coast railroad

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed Thursday that they are in merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West Coast. The Associated ...
Railway Gazette International

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern file merger application

USA: Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have formally applied to the Surface Transportation Board seeking approval of their ...
U.S. News & World Report

Norfolk Southern to Give Amtrak Trains Priority Over Freight, US Justice Dept Says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that Norfolk Southern has agreed to give all Amtrak passenger trains the "highest priority" over freight trains. The settlement with ...
WRIC

Norfolk Southern agrees to give Amtrak trains priority over freight trains, track delays: DOJ

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Norfolk Southern agreed to give Amtrak trains the highest priority after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with the railroad company Tuesday, to ...