The news came as no shock, but was disappointing nonetheless to residents in Camanche, Iowa, who for months have vigorously fought a proposed merger of two of the nation’s largest railroads.
The Surface Transportation Board announced on Wednesday that it had approved the acquisition of Kansas City Southern by Canadian Pacific after an exhaustive two-year review of the plan. The news disappointed cities and small towns stretching from Houston to Chicago who worried about the ways a merger would affect daily life.
The combined railroad, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, plans to increase train traffic along its network, which will now stretch from Canada through the heart of the United States and into Mexico.
