Priority Yard & Train in Kansas City, Missouri, has notified the state that it plans to lay off 75 workers at its facility.

Politicians, emergency responders, business owners and even Metra itself are all opposed to a massive merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City southern railroads.

His group is now opposing the proposed $31 billion merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City southern railroads, which could dramatically increase traffic on Metra's Milwaukee District West Line.