The proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern has run into a blocked track.
Customer groups are urging federal regulators to block the merger. At least seven associations of shippers have come out against the $85 billion deal which would see Union Pacific acquire the smaller rival in a bid to create the first coast-to-coast freight rail operator in the country.
The Surface Transportation Board will have the final say but already some Democratic U.S. Senators are opposing the plan.
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