Feds pause Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern rail merger [View all]

Source: Nebraska Examiner

By: Aaron Sanderford - May 28, 2026 3:03 pm

OMAHA — The federal government on Thursday paused a proposed merger of two railroad behemoths, Nebraska staple Union Pacific and Georgia-based Norfolk Southern.

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board, an independent federal agency which regulates ground transportation and freight, requested more information about the future company.

The feds asked both companies for more details by July 27 about April’s amended application for the merger. The Surface Transportation Board must sign off on railroad combinations.

The board had rejected as incomplete a previous application in January, citing the need for a clearer explanation of expected impacts on competing railroads and haulers.


A Union Pacific train travels along the Colorado River near Cameo on May 16, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)

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