Creating America’s First Transcontinental Railroad

[RobertRoche]

While the title would seem misleading to some, UP and NS are proposing to merge into a single "railroad" company in 2027, subject to shareholder and STB approval. The company will retain the UP name. The blurb states:

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced an agreement to create America’s first transcontinental railroad. These legendary companies will seamlessly connect over 50,000 route miles across 43 states from the East Coast to the West Coast, linking approximately 100 ports and nearly every corner of North America. This combination will transform the U.S. supply chain, unleash the industrial strength of American manufacturing and create new sources of economic growth and workforce opportunity that preserves union jobs.

https://www.up-nstranscontinental.com/

 

[Mayner]

A UP/NS amalgamation would potentially trigger a BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) and CSX merger.

In a wider sense both Canadian Pacific and Canadian National operate trans-continental railroad systems in North America and more recently North South systems linking Mexico and the Gulf with Canada

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City#/media/File:CP_KCS_Overview_Map.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway#/media/File:Canadian_National_System_Map.PNG

The Class 1s Freight Railroads are considered a good investment in North America, Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffet) is a major investor in BNSF, Bill Gates largest investor in Canadian National.

The Class 1s basically specialise in long distance Trunk Haul work, with feeder lines spun off to individual States with Regional and Shortline railroads operating as feeder services for the Class 1s