Union Pacific - Norfolk Southern merger talks

[GaryHinshaw]

The new company will be called Union Pacific.

Seems like a missed opportunity.  How about Southern Pacific?   

[C855B]

Seems like a missed opportunity.  How about Southern Pacific?   

Nuh uh. Not the way UP works. 

We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."

[nickelplate759]

I was hoping for Norfolk Pacific.....

How about

The Great Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company.

Herald would be a red circle with white initials - should be available for cheap...

[Point353]

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I was really hoping for UPNS so it'd be pronounced "Youpeenis".

[learmoia]

I foresee a 844 / 611 Golden Spike Ceremony at some point..

[davefoxx]

Ugh. There was a day I would have said the STB would knock this down;  now I’m not so sure. Nothing good will come of this.

I’ll try to find some good in this:

1) A transcontinental railroad could increase efficiency in coast-to-coast shipping, which would better compete with other forms of transportation in the U.S.
2) My favorite part- as the Class 1s grow and abandon or sell off routes, new short lines are created and/or existing small roads grow.  The Class 1s do the long haul, and the short lines/regionals provide the customer service to the shippers.

If I ever build another layout and change the theme, it’ll definitely be a short line.  They’re much more interesting to me.

DFF

[davefoxx]

I was really hoping for UPNS so it'd be pronounced "Youpeenis".

Ah, @Ed Kapuscinski, you never let me down. 🤣  Coincidence that 611 will be owned by UPNS!?  I think not.

DFF

[Mark5]

Coincidence that 611 will be owned by UPNS!?  I think not.
DFF

I see what you did here.  But, 611 is owned by the Virginia Museum of Transportation (Roanoke).

And the new railroad should be called Norfolk And Western. 

Mark

[nkalanaga]

AC&D:  Amalgamated, Consolidated, and Diversified.

[lock4244]

That's not going to drive it. Mr. Buffett and Co. invest for value. If they see value in absorbing CSX, they see something I don't.

If approved, I would say that BNSF+CSX is defacto, whether they actually merge or not.

[learmoia]

If approved, I would say that BNSF+CSX is defacto, whether they actually merge or not.

Not necessarily..

If the other class 1s wanted to strategically play this out..

My thought was BNSF+FXE/FEC and CN+CSX..
And to add salt on UPNS deal.. BNSF and CN announce both mergers in a joint presser.. 

So the immediate speculation would be the long term plan of CNCSX+BNSF/FXE, an spark assumptions of a future UP/NS+CPKC.

[Lenny53]

Not necessarily..

If the other class 1s wanted to strategically play this out..

My thought was BNSF+FXE/FEC and CN+CSX..
And to add salt on UPNS deal.. BNSF and CN announce both mergers in a joint presser.. 

So the immediate speculation would be the long term plan of CNCSX+BNSF/FXE, an spark assumptions of a future UP/NS+CPKC.

Will BNSF try and outbid UP?

[mu26aeh]

Now Ancora has eyeballs on CSX

[nkalanaga]

From the railroad, rather than stock market, perspective, I hope this works out better than the UP-SP deal.  That one tied up much of the western US before they got operations straightened out.