CORRECTION: The on-air version of this story incorrectly identified one of the railroads merged to create Norfolk Southern. WAVY-TV regrets the error.
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — If an $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Railroads is ultimately approved, it would result in the first singularly owned transcontinental railroad in the United States.
However, it appears it would also result in the word “Norfolk” being detached from an American Railroad, for the first time in more than 170 years.
Union Pacific and Norfolk seek 1st transcontinental railroad through a massive merger
In a joint press release from the two railroading giants, the new proposed mega company is referred to as the “The Union Pacific Transcontinental Railroad.”…