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When railroad merger plans collide with reality: Analysis
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (849+ words) We’ve refreshed our site! Check out our new look. Freight Class I When railroad merger plans collide with reality: Analysis Railroads promise the moon to sell their mergers, but Conrail split and UP-SP provide cautionary tales Railroads proposing mergers inevitably…...
UP and NS say their merger will take 2 million trucks off the highway annually
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1346+ words) Freight Class I UP and NS say their merger will take 2 million trucks off the highway annually Their merger application, filed today with the Surface Transportation Board, details plans for the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific…...
Hub Group sizes up watershed intermodal growth opportunity
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (596+ words) Freight Intermodal Hub Group sizes up watershed intermodal growth opportunity The introduction of single-line service after a Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger could lead to a gain of 2.5 million loads in the country’s midsection OAK BROOK, Ill. — Hub Group sees the…...
Cathcart Rail rebrands as Guardian Rail
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (238+ words) Freight Cathcart Rail rebrands as Guardian Rail Company unveils new name and logo COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cathcart Rail, which provides a range of freight rail services, has rebranded itself as Guardian Rail as of today (Oct. 27, 2025). The company says the rebrand…...
UP and NS to team up on domestic intermodal service
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (411+ words) Freight Intermodal UP and NS to team up on domestic intermodal service The railroads will link the NS terminal in Louisville, Ky., with UP terminals via interchange at Kansas City Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern today became the latest railroads…...