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ajc.com > business > 2026 > 03 > coming-soon-to-midtown-a-union-pacific-building

Coming soon to Midtown: A Union Pacific building?

4+ day ago  (916+ words) If the proposed merger of Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific is approved by federal regulators, the nearly half-century-old Norfolk Southern brand will disappear " as many other railroad brands before it. But the railroad company has no plans to leave its…...

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ajc.com > business > 2026 > 01 > rivals-call-norfolk-southern-merger-anti-competitive

Norfolk Southern's competitors are fighting its proposed merger

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (892+ words) In the weeks since Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern and Omaha-based Union Pacific filed their application to become one transcontinental railroad company, all of their major competitors quickly filed comments against it. The filings provide a glimpse into the protests emerging as…...

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ajc.com > opinion > 2025 > 12 > norfolk-southern-merger-makes-sense-for-georgias-freight-rail-network-needs

Opinion: Norfolk Southern–Union Pacific merger could boost Georgia freight

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (504+ words) Georgia is growing fast. Families and businesses continue to move and expand here, and our transportation infrastructure is more important than ever to maintain our economic strength. Whether we're talking about congestion on I-75, bottlenecks at our ports or the increasing…...

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ajc.com > business > 2025 > 12 > norfolk-southern-sale-to-union-pacific-to-come-with-heavy-atlanta-job-losses

Norfolk Southern sale to Union Pacific to come with heavy Atlanta job losses

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1024+ words) A proposed merger with Union Pacific would result in a heavy loss of jobs at Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern's headquarters, according to documents filed Friday outlining the deal. In their 7,000-page merger application to the Surface Transportation Board, the companies laid…...

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ajc.com > business > 2025 > 11 > norfolk-southern-got-safer-after-ohio-crash-unions-warn-of-merger-risk

Norfolk Southern got safer after Ohio crash. Unions warn of merger risk.

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1406+ words) In the two and half years since Norfolk Southern's devastating train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the company has undergone what it calls a "safety transformation." The 2023 derailment was a wake-up call for Norfolk Southern and the industry. The crash,…...

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ajc.com > business > 2025 > 07 > seven-years-after-wooing-norfolk-southern-atlanta-may-lose-its-hq-in-merger

Seven years after wooing Norfolk Southern, Atlanta may lose its HQ in merger

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (908+ words) Less than seven years ago, Georgia and Atlanta leaders celebrated a major coup: convincing Norfolk Southern to move its headquarters to Midtown Atlanta from Virginia. The railroad's then-CEO promised to create or relocate 850 jobs to a gleaming, $575 million building on…...

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ajc.com > news > 2025 > 06 > a-virginia-museum-found-4-confederate-soldiers-remains-its-trying-to-identify-them

A Virginia museum found 4 Confederate soldiers' remains. It's trying to identify them

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (987+ words) The team carefully unearthed four skeletons, including one with a bullet in the spine, and three amputated legs. They quickly surmised the bones were actually from the Civil War, when a makeshift hospital operated nearby and treated gravely wounded Confederate…...