September 30, 2022 | CN, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 29, 2022) Canadian National, which lost the battle for Kansas City Southern to rival Canadian Pacific last year, tried to plant seeds of doubt about the CP-KCS merger in lengthy testimony before federal regulators on Thursday. Full...
September 29, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Our Quad Cities, September 28, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board is holding hearings where, on Wednesday, former Davenport Mayor Bill Gluba spoke out against the CP-KCS merger. Full story: www.ourquadcities.com
September 29, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 29, 2022) U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced a bill this week seeking to better define railroads’ common-carrier rules and establishing criteria for the Surface Transportation Board to consider when assessing complaints...
September 21, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 20, 2022) Class Is employed 117,014 workers in the United States as of mid-August, a 0.52% increase from July’s employment level and a 2.26% increase year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board data. Five...
September 21, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 20, 2022) The trade group representing coal mining operators has asked federal regulators to take action regarding erratic rail service, particularly in the east on CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern. Mines have had to curtail...
September 21, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: The Hill, September 21, 2022) But business groups argue that there is more to be done to address poor rail service, which they say has magnified red-hot inflation. Retailers, farmers, carmakers and other rail customers are lobbying Congress to pass...
September 20, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 19, 2022) Although they welcomed the new tentative agreement between the railroads and labor unions, the industry’s customers are calling on Congress to help resolve other freight-rail problems that continue to harm the U.S....
September 7, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 6, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The latest round of filings in the Amtrak Gulf Coast dispute essentially find the parties stating their old arguments in new ways. Amtrak again argues CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern fail to show...
September 7, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Surface Transportation Board press release, September 6, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) today issued a notice extending the deadline for public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact...
September 7, 2022 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 6, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five of the seven Class I railroads operating in the U.S. were revenue adequate in 2021, the Surface Transportation Board said on Tuesday. Being revenue adequate means a railroads achieved a rate of...
