Crews are expected to continue working in the area for weeks.
Drivers are seeing delays along I-80 and USA Parkway on Friday night due to a train derailment involving around two dozen rail cars.
The railroads said the tie-up would streamline deliveries of raw materials and goods across the country by eliminating several days of delays.
The potential merger would combine the largest and smallest of the country’s six major freight railroads.
The City of Sparks has announced that Union Pacific will be dropping the last of the machine shop bricks to Cottonwood Park on Friday.
The Reno Police Department says a woman is dead after a crash involving a train in the area of Sage Street and East Commercial Row.
The stop in Sparks has been cancelled due to a track issue causing the Big Boy to be held up in Roseville.
The Port of Nevada and the Port of Oakland are collaborating to offer direct railroad service for imports and exports.
The Elko County Sheriff's Office (ECSO) says on Monday deputies responded to the area of Elburz off of I-80 after receiving a call that a man had been struck by a Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) train.