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UP-NS Merger Perspectives, With Farrukh Bezar

UP-NS Merger Perspectives, With Farrukh Bezar

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Farrukh Bezar and Railway Age Editor-In-Chief William C. Vantuono
discuss the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk merger to create the
first east-west transcontinental Class I railroad in the U.S. Bezar
offers his views on market conditions and the regulatory
environment, truck-to-rail conversion, rail-to-rail competition and
how the merger could impact the North American rail industry, among
other topics of interest. Farrukh Bezar has more than 30 years of
consulting, investment and industry experience in the
transportation, logistics, financial services and supply chain
industries. His areas of expertise include strategic planning and
growth strategy, operations improvement, sales effectiveness and
mergers and acquisitions support. A Partner at Littlejohn &
Company, an integrated private equity and special situations
investor focused on industrial and services companies in North
America, Bezar is a strategic advisor, board member and investor
across the transportation and logistics sector. Bezar spent five
years at CSX as Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer and Senior
Vice President, Marketing. Launching his career as a Senior
Analyst, Intermodal Marketing & Sales at the Santa Fe Railway,
he has also held senior-level positions at The Clarendon Group,
Oliver Wyman, A.T. Kearney and Booz Allen & Hamilton. He also
was a Founding Partner of Miami-based Lynwood Capital Partners.
Farrukh Bezar is a featured speaker at the Railway Age “Next-Gen
Freight Rail Conference” at the Union League Club of Chicago, March
10, 2026. Confirmed participants include Jim Vena (UP), Mark George
(NS), Keith Creel (CPKC), Tracy Robinson (CN), Tom G. Williams
(BNSF), Patrick Fuchs and Michelle Schultz (STB), and 2026
Railroader of the Year John Orr.