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The Surface Transportation Board granted a joint motion from rail labour unions and ordered Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to redesignate as public the employee impact exhibits filed with their revised merger application, with a compliance deadline of 27 July 2026. The exhibits detail how many craft and management positions would be abolished, created or transferred as a result of the proposed transaction, along with job transfer locations. The Board, which had held the FD 36873 proceeding in abeyance on 28 May 2026 while seeking supplemental information, found the data had been publicly disclosed in prior merger cases and did not appear commercially sensitive.