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Aerial view of the East Palestine derailment site in February 2023

28.08.2026

East Palestine vent and burn risk models revealed

Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific freight trains on parallel tracks

27.08.2026

Job Data Went Public. UP-NS Emission Data Has Not.

Union Pacific freight locomotives on tracks in Portland, Oregon

26.08.2026

STB orders unfiltered workpapers in UP-NS review

Aerial view of the East Palestine derailment site in February 2023

28.08.2026

East Palestine vent and burn risk models revealed

Newly obtained documents are providing new detail on the East Palestine vent and burn more than three years after the February 2023 Norfolk Southern derailment in Ohio.
Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific freight trains on parallel tracks

27.08.2026

Job Data Went Public. UP-NS Emission Data Has Not.

USA: The Natural Resources Defense Council has asked the Surface Transportation Board to strip the “highly confidential” label from UP-NS emission data, using the same argument that pried open the railroads’ employee numbers a month earlier.
Union Pacific freight locomotives on tracks in Portland, Oregon

26.08.2026

STB orders unfiltered workpapers in UP-NS review

USA: The Surface Transportation Board ordered Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to submit unfiltered workpapers behind their merger analyses by August 28, saying its decision reflects no view on the merits.
Amtrak Pennsylvanian train passing Horseshoe Curve in Pennsylvania

25.08.2026

Second Daily Pennsylvanian Train Set for Mid-November

USA: Pennsylvania officials say a second daily Pennsylvanian train is scheduled to begin in mid-November, raising service between Pittsburgh and New York from one to two trains each direction.
Historic South Bend Union Station in downtown South Bend, Indiana

19.08.2026

Amtrak Could Return to Downtown South Bend After 55 Years

USA: The South Bend Amtrak station could return downtown after 55 years, backed by up to $3. 85 million in new federal planning and development funding.
UP-NS merger application moves into STB review

19.08.2026

STB Restarts UP–NS Review — and Demands Unfiltered Data

USA: The $85 billion UP–NS merger review has restarted, but STB also ordered the railroads to submit unfiltered datasets and refused fast-track treatment for their TRRA plans.
A Union Pacific freight locomotive hauling autorack cars

16.08.2026

Shippers Ask STB to Reject UP-NS Merger Outright

USA: Six major rail-customer organizations aren't asking regulators to scrutinize the proposed Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger more closely — they're asking the Surface Transportation Board to kill it now, before a full review even begins.
A $40M federal award advances Fairfield’s Symmes Road overpass and North Gilmore closure, creating 4.5 miles of track without at-grade crossings.

14.08.2026

Fairfield Secures $40M to Remove At-Grade Crossings From 4.5 Miles of Track

UNITED STATES: Fairfield’s $40 million federal award advances a preferred design that would carry Symmes Road over CSX’s Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision and permanently close North Gilmore Road, creating more than 4.
Suffolk Track Fire Halts Norfolk-Bound Amtrak 95: 2-Hour Delay Strikes

13.08.2026

Amtrak Takes Defined Role in Reading–Philadelphia Rail Plan

USA: A July agreement gives Amtrak a defined planning role in the proposed Reading–Philadelphia passenger service, while the project remains conditional on federal development work, railroad coordination and funding.
BNSF locomotive 8215 leading a freight train in San Diego, California

11.08.2026

BNSF Asks STB to Deny Amended UP-NS Merger Application

USA: BNSF Railway has asked the Surface Transportation Board to deny the amended UP-NS merger application, arguing that it still fails the agency’s enhanced-competition test under the 2001 major-merger rules.
UP-NS merger application moves into STB review

11.08.2026

What UP–NS’s Expanded Merger Remedies Actually Cover

USA: Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have nearly doubled the traffic eligible for one of their proposed merger protections, but the larger number does not mean that 257,971 carloads would receive lower rates or a competitive benefit.
Norfolk Southern freight train passing a level crossing in Bedford, Ohio

09.08.2026

Norfolk Southern Crossing Closures Run Through Aug. 14

USA: Norfolk Southern crossing closures in Ottawa County, Ohio, are scheduled in three overlapping phases through Aug. 14, affecting eight county and township roads while work continues at multiple crossings.