March 9, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 1, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of Chicago suburbs says it would cost between $5.5 billion and $9.5 billion to mitigate the impact of the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger on their communities. Full story: Trains...
March 9, 2022 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 7, 2022) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A Norfolk Southern project to increase clearances to allow double-stack intermodal operations through a Pittsburgh neighborhood awaits city council ratification after being approved by a mediator. Full story:...
March 8, 2022 | News, PSR, STB
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 8 — The written testimony of BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce, who is testifying today before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials at a hearing titled “Stakeholder Views on...
March 8, 2022 | BNSF, CN, CP, CSX, Headlines, KCS, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: NBC News, March 7, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Accountable.US, a nonprofit group that examines corporations and special interests, said the seven major railways, which dominate an industry that carries about 40 percent of U.S. freight, collected a record $1.18...
March 8, 2022 | CN, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, March 1, 2022) NEW YORK — CN has officially asked the Surface Transportation Board (STB) “to condition any approval of a Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger on the divestiture of the KCS line from Kansas City, Missouri to Springfield and...
