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This $85 Billion Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger Could Be The First Transcontinental Railroad

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Union Pacific Railroad has secured a merger agreement to acquire rival rail company Norfolk Southern for $85 billion, the company announced Tuesday, setting the stage for the establishment of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S.

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