December 18, 2025 - TexasTribune.org - As oil and gas industry traffic continues to speed through Pecos, TxDOT said it is working to find $194 million to build an alternative route away from the heart of the city.PECOS — For Joe...

December 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) and Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) Friday filed an application with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) requesting approval to combine the two railroads. The companies entered into a merger agreement on...

December 18, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific Railroad has announced plans to develop the Mainline Texas Industrial Park, a master-planned, 2,000-acre industrial development just outside Houston at Rosenberg, in pro-business Fort Bend County. The announcement makes this the Gulf Coast's...

November 15, 2025 - TRA Newswire -While nearly all shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern stock voting to back the proposed $85 billion merger that would create the nation's first coast-to-coast freight rail network, four rail advocacy groups have...

November 1, 2025 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - Union Pacific Corp. reported encouraging third-quarter financial results that include higher revenue, income and earnings. Operating revenue ticked up 3% to $6.2 billion, freight revenue (excluding fuel) increased 4% to $5.3 billion, operating income rose 6% to $2.5 billion, net income climbed 7% to $1.8 billion, diluted earnings per...

September 25, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific Railroad is looking at a little friendly competition and is proposing to build a new 5 mile long branch line that would serve a petrochemical facility in Bay City, Texas. That polymer...

August 10, 2025 - RailPassengers.org -Just a few days following Union Pacific’s announcement of its intent to merge with Norfolk Southern, Amtrak revealed it has settled with UP over its long-running late-trains proceeding and asked the Surface Transportation Board to dismiss the...

August 4, 2025 - TRA Newswire - The announcement that Union Pacific will purchase east-coast Class 1 Norfolk Southern for $85 billion and create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad has large intermodal shippers in Texas and nationwide rethinking who their carrier...

July 22, 2025 - TRA Commentary -Except for some consolidation in the short line railroad arena and Canadian Pacific Railway-Kansas City Southern morphing into CPKC in April 2023, merger talks between Class 1's had been deathly silent. Until recently, that is.Last...

April 24, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific operating revenue was $6 billion in the first quarter of 2025, pretty much flat on a 7% growth in volume in their mix of business lines. Operating income was $2.4 billion for...