WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Surface Transportation Board is requesting public comments on a proposed procedural schedule for a rail acquisition involving four companies. The request follows a notice of intent to merge filed on July 30, 2025. Union Pacific Corp. and Union Pacific Railroad Co., both of Omaha, Nebraska, along with Norfolk Southern Corp. and Norfolk Southern Railway Co., both of Atlanta, Georgia, filed a petition to establish a procedural schedule concurrently with the  more