UP-NS Merger Will Get a Rigorous and Objective Regulatory Review

UP-NS merger will get a rigorous and objective regulatory review

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin J. Oberman gestures during a Q&A session at the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers Winter Meeting in Lombard, Ill., on Jan. 19, 2023. David Lassen Trains Turntable: Commentary from Martin J. Oberman The proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger continues to dominate the news as well as conversation at all gatherings — formal and informal — in the railroad universe. Unfortunately, because of a f…

Norfolk Southern got safer after Ohio crash. Unions warn of merger risk

In the two and half years since Norfolk Southern’s devastating train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the company has undergone what it calls a “safety transformation.”The 2023 derailment was a wake-up call for Norfolk Southern and the industry. The crash,…