The Most Thoroughly Planned Integration in Rail History - Creating America’s First Transcontinental Railroad

The Most Thoroughly Planned Integration in Rail History

The Most Thoroughly Planned Integration in Rail History

Author: Union Pacific | July 27, 2026

Union Pacific’s Todd Rynaski and Norfolk Southern’s Mike McClellan share the strategy behind creating America’s first transcontinental railroad—and how we aim to deliver the most seamlessly executed integration in rail history.

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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern locomotives pulling an intermodal train through grassy hills.

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