BNSF Railway detailed specific conditions to the Surface Transportation Board regarding the proposed Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern merger.
BNSF maintains its opposition to the deal while filing a responsive application to mitigate anticompetitive effects. The company requests overhead trackage rights for 824 miles of Norfolk Southern lines between Chicago and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
BNSF also proposes a neutral terminal railroad in the Gulf Coast region to protect shipper access. This filing marks a major step in the regulatory review for the first potential transcontinental U.S. railroad.