A Norfolk Southern train that derailed last month in Illinois — spilling hazardous materials and injuring two crewmen — ...

A Union Pacific locomotive at a rail yard in Milpitas, California, US, on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Union Pacific Corp. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 26.

13WMAZ previously reached out to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen for comment on the potential Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific merger but did not hear back.

Though Norfolk Southern’s stock has risen in recent days on the back of news reports of merger discussions, it fell nearly 1 percent on Thursday. Union Pacific’s shares declined by 4.5 percent.