en TrainsPRO features articles on railroad industry news and analysis, covering areas such as freight rail, passenger rail, mechanical, maintenance of way and regulatory updates. These coverage areas are nothing new for Trains – we have reported on these very subjects for many years under the Trains News Wire branding. Now, News Wire has been folded into TrainsPRO.  https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c49604e2-81f3-11f1-9e9a-03175ee507c8/image/865d3cc8fc8fad247cd04ec238230421.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress episodic TrainsPRO TrainsPRO features articles on railroad industry news and analysis, covering areas such as freight rail, passenger rail, mechanical, maintenance of way and regulatory updates. These coverage areas are nothing new for Trains – we have reported on these very subjects for many years under the Trains News Wire branding. Now, News Wire has been folded into TrainsPRO.  TrainsPRO features articles on railroad industry news and analysis, covering areas such as freight rail, passenger rail, mechanical, maintenance of way and regulatory updates. These coverage areas are nothing new for Trains – we have reported on these very subjects for many years under the Trains News Wire branding. Now, News Wire has been folded into TrainsPRO. 

]]> TrainsPRO fmgtv@firecrown.com The proposed $85 billion Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger would create the first transcontinental railroad in the United States — and the first Class I combination to face the STB’s tougher 2001 merger review rules. Trains editor Bill Stephens sits down with Martin J. Oberman, who chaired the Surface Transportation Board from January 2021 through May 2024, to break down what the review process actually looks like from the inside. Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:26:00 -0000 full TrainsPRO The proposed $85 billion Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger would create the first transcontinental railroad in the United States — and the first Class I combination to face the STB’s tougher 2001 merger review rules. Trains editor Bill Stephens sits down with Martin J. Oberman, who chaired the Surface Transportation Board from January 2021 through May 2024, to break down what the review process actually looks like from the inside. The proposed $85 billion Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger would create the first transcontinental railroad in the United States — and the first Class I combination to face the STB’s tougher 2001 merger review rules. Trains editor Bill Stephens sits down with Martin J. Oberman, who chaired the Surface Transportation Board from January 2021 through May 2024, to break down what the review process actually looks like from the inside.

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