OMAHA — Union Pacific has become the second major freight railroad in the past week to back away from the industry’s longstanding push to cut train crews down to one person as lawmakers and regulators ...

The combination of two large rail companies would create the first coast-to-coast network, but the deal could reduce competition. By Peter Eavis Union Pacific, the most profitable freight railroad in ...

Union Pacific said Tuesday it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85-billion deal to create the country’s first coast-to-coast freight rail operator and reshape the movement of goods from ...