June 24, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Ports, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 23, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three of the Federal Maritime Commission’s five members have urged the Surface Transportation Board to reject the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger, saying the deal would hurt U.S. ports....
June 23, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 22, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bartlett Grain Co., which opened a grain loading facility on KCS in Jacksonville, Ill., in 2013, says a divestiture to CN would end the single-line service it currently enjoys for grain shipments to Mexico....
June 23, 2022 | Headlines, STB
(Source: White House press release, June 22, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the several leaders to serve as key leaders in his administration. Robert E. Primus will be renominated to continue serving as a Member of...
June 21, 2022 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, June 20, 2022) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has set the third-quarter 2022 RCAF (Rail Cost Adjustment Factor), described as “an index formulated to represent changes in railroad costs incurred by the nation’s largest...
June 20, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 17, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board on Friday ordered Union Pacific to live up to service commitments it has made to deliver corn to a large California poultry and feed producer. The emergency service order,...
June 17, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, June 14, 2022) NEW YORK — Many have been waiting for the ongoing battle at the Surface Transportation Board (STB) between Amtrak on one side and CSX, Norfolk Southern and the Port of Mobile on the other (Docket No. FD-36496) to resume on Monday,...
June 16, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, June 14, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board is criticizing the four major U.S. Class I railroads for not providing enough pertinent information on their rail service recovery plans, and it is asking the railroads to supplement what they...
June 16, 2022 | Headlines, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 15, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Union Pacific has asked federal regulators to dismiss a shipper’s complaint that claims the railroad violated its common-carrier obligations by providing unreliable service and unilaterally reducing local...
June 16, 2022 | Commuter Rail, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 14, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The impact of the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger on Metra commuter operations is even worse than initially thought, the Chicago area commuter railroad has told federal regulators. Full story:...
June 15, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 13, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board, making clear its unhappiness with service recovery plans filed by the four largest U.S. Class I railroads, will require those railroads to correct deficiencies in service...
