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fromStreetsblog
1 week ago

Passenger Rail Is Headed for a Reckoning - and the First 90 Days of 2026 Will Decide It - Streetsblog USA

A merged Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would control a majority of Amtrak routes and nearly half of planned corridors, effectively vetoing future passenger-rail decisions.
fromFortune
4 months ago

Trump fires Democratic member from transportation board just before it considers the largest railroad merger in history

Board member Robert E. Primus said on LinkedIn that he received an email from the White House Wednesday night terminating the position he has held since he was appointed by Trump in his first term. The vacancy would allow Trump to appoint two additional Republicans to the board before its decision on the Union Pacific- Norfolk Southern merger though the Senate would have to confirm them.
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