July 20, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 18, 2023) BNSF Railway is seeking a judicial review of the Surface Transportation Board’s preliminary injunction that orders the railroad to haul more export coal from a Montana mine to tidewater in British Columbia. Full story:...
July 17, 2023 | Amtrak, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, July 17, 2023) Seven months after Amtrak called on the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to investigate Union Pacific’s handling of the Sunset Limited, the federal regulator announced it would be looking into how the freight...
July 7, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 6, 2023) Federal regulators have set a procedural schedule for handling Navajo Transitional Energy Co.’s common carrier complaint against BNSF Railway. The Surface Transportation Board last month issued a preliminary injunction that...
July 3, 2023 | Headlines, Legislation, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 29, 2023) Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) on Wednesday introduced the Reliable Rail Service Act, which seeks to clarify the definition of railroads’ common carrier obligation and establish specific criteria for...
July 3, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, STB
(Source: Associated Press, June 27, 2023) A federal board has sided with one of the largest coal producers in the United States in a contract dispute with a major freight railroad, ordering BNSF Railway to transport at least 4.2 million tons of coal this year for...
June 21, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 19, 2023) Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman late last week responded to concerns raised by the Association of American Railroads about subjects discussed at the spring 2023 meeting of the board’s Rail Energy...
June 16, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Railway Age, June 16, 2023) We hosted a June 15 call with Marty Oberman, Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board, on Thursday. We see a reciprocal switching ruling well before year-end, and a bottleneck ruling potentially in 2024. Rail service continues...
June 14, 2023 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, STB, TTD
(Source: Railway Age, June 14, 2023) Removing Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chair Martin J. Oberman or failing to reappoint him “would undermine the significant progress the Board has made during his tenure,” Transportation Trades Department (TTD),...
June 14, 2023 | Amtrak, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, June 13, 2023) A trade group representing passenger rail wants the Surface Transportation Board to move quickly in responding to Amtrak’s complaint that Union Pacific is contributing to the lackluster on-time performance of Amtrak’s Sunset...
June 2, 2023 | Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Surface Transportation Board press release, May 31, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) today issued a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed construction of a new rail line in Mesa,...
