I don’t wright to many topics but.
Is the UP planning to buyout the BNSF railroad?
Does anyone know.
[bow]BNSF[bow]
PS…I heard that the UP is buying up BN stocks!
I doubt that… . The UP couldnt pull a train in a whore house if they wanted to.
Never happen. It would be anti competitive. If there is a final round of consolidation it will be the East and West end to end merger. You figure UP, BNSF, CSX and NS will pair off. It would be interesting to see what will happen to KCS. They could be the wild card. These are interesting times we live in.
Don’t hold your breath.
As mentioned above it would never pass STB or DOJ Antitrust review.
LC
I think there is still another player: CP !!!
That would be GREAT![;)]
Or not!!!
UP won’t be buying anybody for a while, especially with their current troubles. The STB would never approve it…and then there’s the serious anti-competitive problems that would get Justice to stop it…
LC
If any thing, it would be the other way around. U.P. is the biggest railroad in the
USA and also the worst. (BIG BAD YELLOW BRATT!)
It should have been baught by the S.P.
U.P. & C.P. have been running over BNSF between Spokane Washington and Sandpoint Idaho
for quite sometime now, while cleaning up a derailment. Cause, operating
heavy equipment on light rail, AGAIN. Must be the 7th or 8th here in Idaho
just in the two years Linda and I have lived here. They say live and learn well
U.P. just seams to live and live and live and naver learn.
railwayray
Ray Phelps
894 Sagle Road
Sagle Idaho 83860-9211
LOVE THAT BNSF
UP buy BNSF?[(-D][(-D][(-D]
Besides BNSF means buy NS fast[:)]
You forgot CP and CN. Given the fact that BNSF and CN have previous talked about merger and UP and CSX cooperation for the Express Lane trains, I predict that if UP, BNSF, CSXT, NS, CP, and Cn merger, it will be as follows. UP-CSXT-CP and BNSF-NS-CN.
You are correct I was not thinking about CP or CN since they are already Trans continental. I would prefer not to see any more mergers for quite some time. Railroads must focus on their core business of transporting goods on time. UP are you listening?
CP isn’t a true Atlantic to Pacific transcon anymore since they pulled out of the Maritimesfor over ten years now.
But I agree with Ericsp analyst of the final act of this drama.
And in that hypothetical BNSF-NS-CN merger everything will be black and white thoroughbreds!
nho… the mafia would come in before all that
In my outsiders view, it is more likely an American transcontinental will be formed by a merger either between NS or CSX on the one hand, and UP or BNSF on the other. I doubt CN will be permitted such a dominant role by an American agency as STB. I do not exactly see the point of a UP and BNSF merger. We could rename such a merged entity Conrail, and paint it red, white, and BLUE! (jesting on this last bit)
Or maybe Yellow, Green, Orange, Silver and Red
CN already goes to the gulf coast. Look at the business news the past ten years. Dozens of American companies have been bought out by foreign companies (one familiar example is Chrysler). I cannot recall seeing evience that the STB, SEC, FTC, DOJ, et. al. have blocked a buyout or merger because a foreign company was involved. Anit-trust laws would never allow an UP-BNSF or CSXT-NS merger.
My previous post did say there would be an UP-CSXT merger and a BNSF-NS merger. However in addition I predicted the Canandian railroads would be involved.
Don’t be surprise if the Mexican railroads also eventually get into the act.
Some other companies that have a large presence in America are BPAmoco/ARCo (Britian), Siemans (Germany), BIC (France).
BNSF + NS sounds like a good marriage if not made in heaven a good possibility. I would like to take a look at the numbers and see how much freight it would capture from UP and CSX. Nice end to end merger not much in the way of duplication of service so savings from job eliminations would be minimal only the boys in Ft Worth and Norfolk. The numbers for both BNI and NSC look good. UP has a 45% decrease in income last quarter they are buying nobody. I like the looks of two strong companies merging to create a stronger company and strong UP is not.
What about the KCS and TFM?
LC