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Freight Class I UP and NS say their merger will take 2 million trucks off the highway annually

UP and NS say their merger will take 2 million trucks off the highway annually

By | December 19, 2025

Their merger application, filed today with the Surface Transportation Board, details plans for the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S.

Freight train passes under bridge as it rounds gentle curve on three-track main line.

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