January 31, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, January 30, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis upheld its conclusion that increased railroad noise levels in some communities would be the greatest environmental impact resulting from the merger between...
January 30, 2023 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 27, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board this week denied four Class Is’ petition to stay a specific requirement of the board’s new small rate case arbitration program. Full story: Progressive...
January 30, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 27, 2023) The Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger would cause few adverse environmental impacts aside from increased train noise in some locations, the Surface Transportation Board said in its final environmental impact...
January 30, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 27, 2023) As part of their merger, Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern will work with a group of Chicago-area communities on voluntary measures to address traffic concerns in those communities, the railroads say in the final...
January 27, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Iowa Public Radio, January 26, 2023) The Department of Justice wrote a letter this week saying it continues to have concerns about the impact more railroads in fewer hands has on competition in the industry. The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has...
January 26, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, January 25, 2023) The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division on Jan. 24 reaffirmed its “support for the [Surface Transportation] Board’s review process and careful scrutiny of the competitive implications of the proposed...
January 26, 2023 | CN, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Seeking Alpha, January 25, 2023) Canadian Pacific dropped 3.2% as the U.S. Dept. of Justice reiterated that the U.S. railroad regulator should block the Canadian Pacific (CP) merger with Kansas City Southern. CP was also likely weaker following guidance from...
January 23, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, January 21, 2023) Eight members of Congress representing districts in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin want the Surface Transportation Board to compel Union Pacific to lift weather-related embargoes in their states. Full story: Freight...
January 23, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, January 20, 2023) Federal regulators will closely monitor railroads’ use of embargoes following uproar over a major carrier’s move to limit traffic in the upper Midwest. Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman said Thursday that...
January 23, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Railway Age, January 20, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Jan. 20 denied Union Pacific’s (UP) motion for a protective order regarding documents requested at a hearing on the railroad’s institution of embargoes. Full story: Railway...
