Earlier this year two of America’s largest railroads – Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern – announced their intention to merge. If approved, the combined entity would establish the nation’s first single-line transcontinental railroad. It would reach across 43 states and encompass a network of tens of thousands of miles, providing shippers access to 10 international interchanges and nearly 100 ports while opening myriad new routes. Most importantly, a transcontinental railroad would sharply reduce inefficiencies and costly interchange delays in the current network, which would increase potential railway customers and have the potential to transform the nation’s freight transportation system.
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