Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion deal that would create America’s first transcontinental freight railroad.

Union Pacific has signed an agreement to buy Norfolk Southern and become America’s first transcontinental railroad, according to a post on the railroad’s website Tuesday by U.P. CEO Jim Vena. Vena’s ...

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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to create America’s First Transcontinental Railroad. Under the terms of the agreement, Union Pacific will acquire Norfolk Southern in a stock and cash transaction, ...