December 13, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Kansas City Star, December 11, 2022) In this small town on the upper Mississippi River, where railroad tracks slice the length of the community, and freight horns seem as common as bird song, residents fear that life is about to get more dangerous. Full...
December 13, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, December 8, 2022) Five Presidential nominees to the Amtrak Board of Directors—one a renomination—and one re-nominee to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) were recommended for Senate confirmation Dec. 7 by the Senate Commerce Committee meeting...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 8, 2022) The STB last month ordered UP to explain why it has significantly increased its use of embargoes. This year UP has issued more than 1,000 embargoes to date in response to congestion, compared with just 27 in 2017 — the year...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Freight Waves opinion column by Rachel Premack, December 8, 2022) Usually when I sit down to read prestigious publications targeted at insidery urbanites, I do not get the opportunity to learn about railroad management. But the last few months have given us...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Railway Age opinion column by Jim Blaze, December 8, 2022) Where are the Class I railroads in improving their actual service metrics as the upcoming Union Pacific rail embargo STB investigation comes close to its Dec. 13-14 date in Washington? Following are...
December 9, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, December 8, 2022) The U.S. Surface Transportation Board announced Thursday that it would decide whether or not to expedite Montana Rail Link’s lease termination by March 8. The timeline put forward by the federal regulator...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 7, 2022) Trade groups representing chemical manufacturers, mining companies, energy producers, and agricultural interests, plus several individual shippers, and railroad labor unions all plan to participate in next week’s Surface...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 6, 2022) The big four U.S. Class I railroads have told federal regulators that their service is at or near pre-pandemic levels thanks to improved train crew staffing levels. The STB in May ordered the railroads to file service...
November 29, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 22, 2022) Class Is employed 118,208 people as of mid-October, a 0.53% increase from mid-September employment levels and a 3.53% increase year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board data. Five of six employment...
November 29, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 23, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board yesterday announced that it will hold a public hearing Dec. 13-14 with Union Pacific Railroad pertaining to the Class I’s increased use of embargoes as a way to reduce rail...
