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The Surface Transportation Board ruled the document is ‘incomplete.’ The companies must refile with additional information.
Union Pacific has proposed to acquire Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal that would create the country’s first transcontinental railroad company headquartered in Nebraska. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC 2025)
The federal Surface Transportation Board unanimously rejected the merger application filed by Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern and its Omaha-based railroad counterpart, Union Pacific, as “incomplete.”
Union Pacific has proposed to acquire Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal that would create the country’s first transcontinental railroad company headquartered in Nebraska.
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As a business reporter, Emma Hurt leads coverage of the Atlanta airport, Delta Air Lines, UPS, Norfolk Southern and other travel and logistics companies. Prior to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution she worked as an editor and Atlanta reporter for Axios, a politics reporter for WABE News and a business reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
As a business reporter, Emma Hurt leads coverage of the Atlanta airport, Delta Air Lines, UPS, Norfolk Southern and other travel and logistics companies. Prior to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution she worked as an editor and Atlanta reporter for Axios, a politics reporter for WABE News and a business reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
