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Trucking and Intermodal After the UP–NS Mega Merger

Everyone keeps saying the Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger will make rail “more competitive with trucking” by cutting handoffs, distance, and transit times. That framing misses the real story

Published December 2, 2025 in The FreightFA Brief, FreightFA's freight market newsletter.

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