Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern set out plans to create the USA’s ‘first transcontinental railroad’

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern locomotives

USA: Union Pacific has set out details of its agreement to acquire Norfolk Southern to create the USA’s first coast-to-coast transcontinental railway, with over 80 000 route-km across 43 states.

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