December 20, 2022 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 20, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board yesterday adopted two final rules that establish new rate reasonableness procedures providing two streamlined approaches for shippers and railroads to resolve smaller rate disputes....
December 16, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 15, 2022) STB Chairman Martin J. Oberman wondered aloud if UP would boost train and engine crew staffing levels if the board expanded reciprocal switching — or if it would simply let the traffic flow to rival BNSF Railway. Full...
December 15, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, December 14, 2022) Shippers, railroaders and the federal board that oversees the rail industry blasted Union Pacific during a two-day hearing in Washington on December 13 and 14, over the Class I’s increased use of traffic...
December 15, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, December 14, 2022) Several shippers told federal regulators Tuesday that they don’t believe the railroads are meeting the common carrier obligation because of the service issues they’ve encountered in the past year, including an increased use...
December 15, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Associated Press, December 15, 2022) Federal regulators and shippers are questioning Union Pacific’s decision to temporarily limit some businesses’ shipments as part of its effort to clear up congestion across the railroad. The head of the U.S. Surface...
December 14, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: CNBC, December 13, 2022) The strike was averted, but tensions between unions and class I freight railroads continue to run high. Under scrutiny at a two-day hearing before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board is Union Pacific’s use of embargoes to clear up...
December 14, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: BNN Bloomberg, December 13, 2022) Shippers urged the US railroad regulator to create more competition in the industry during hearings in which Union Pacific Corp. was called to explain a spike in service restrictions. Full story: BNN...
December 14, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, December 13, 2022) Following an outcry from railroaders and the public, it appears some of the nation’s Class I railroads are revising their employee attendance policies. Although it has yet to be seen if the changes will...
December 14, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 12, 2022) Amtrak is asking the Surface Transportation Board to investigate why host railroad practices — primarily at Union Pacific Railroad — are contributing to substandard on-time performance (OTP) of its Sunset Limited...
December 13, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: www.al.com, December 9, 2022) Amtrak’s return to the Gulf Coast will come in 2023, but few details are being disclosed about last month’s settlement in a case before a federal agency that could have national implications over how passenger rail is conducted...
