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UP’s Coast Line again shut down by storm damage

(Source: Trains Magazine, March 16, 2023) WATSONVILLE, Calif. — For the second time this winter, Amtrak has been forced to halt Coast Starlight service for an extended period in the wake of weather-related damages to Union Pacific’s Coast Line. Full story: Trains...

STB approves CP purchase of KCS, with conditions

(Source: CNBC, March 15, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board of the United States said on Wednesday it had approved Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion acquisition of railroad company Kansas City Southern with a series of environmental and competition conditions. The...