The Burlington Northern merger could, I guess, be called a "natural" merger - the four railroads (NP, GN, SP&S, CB&Q) had a common heritage, interchanged with each other, had been owned by the same people, and had (to some degree at least) a common management. So it could be said that it'd be natural for them to be merged into one.
Has there been other "natural" mergers like these? B&O + C&O into Chessie System, possibly? Or was Burlington Northern a one-off?
Has there been other "natural" mergers like these? B&O + C&O into Chessie System, possibly? Or was Burlington Northern a one-off?