November 9, 2023 | Commuter Rail, CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Associated Press, November 8, 2023) Mexico’s president announced Wednesday that he will require private rail companies that mostly carry freight to offer passenger service or else have the government schedule its own trains on their tracks. President Andrés...
November 9, 2023 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains.com, November 8, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board received numerous comments on its proposed reciprocal switching rule this week, with predictable results: Railroads say the rule goes too far. Shippers say it doesn’t go far enough. And rail labor...
November 9, 2023 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, November 8, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) comment period closed November 7 for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) it issued this fall regarding reciprocal switching for inadequate service. Many shipper and government...
November 8, 2023 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Amtrak press release, November 6, 2023) Amtrak has been awarded nearly $10 billion in Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) funding from the Biden-Harris Administration to modernize critical infrastructure, improve stations and support future ridership growth...
November 8, 2023 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, November 8, 2023) Cincinnati voters decided on Election Day to allow their city to sell the Cincinnati Southern Railway to Norfolk Southern. Tuesday’s vote was 51.56% in favor of the sale and 48.44% against the sale, according to Ballotpedia....
November 8, 2023 | DOT, East Palestine-NS, Headlines
(Source: Lancaster Online, November 6, 2023) Attorneys General from Pennsylvania and 12 other states signed a letter last month to the U.S. Department of Transportation supporting a proposed federal rule to require railroads to make information about hazardous...
November 6, 2023 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
Biden announces $16.4 billion for Amtrak rail improvements along Northeast Corridor (Source: CNN, November 6, 2023) President Joe Biden announced Monday the federal government will pump more than $16.4 billion into improving the nation’s busiest rail line. At an event...
November 6, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Trains.com, November 5, 2023) BNSF Railway’s profits, revenue, and volume all declined in the third quarter, parent company Berkshire Hathaway reported on Saturday. BNSF’s pre-tax earnings fell 14.6%, to $1.6 billion, as revenue declined 12.4%, to $5.6...
November 6, 2023 | CPKC, CSX, Headlines, Short Line, STB
(Source: Trains.com, November 3, 2023) Federal regulators have accepted the applications Canadian Pacific Kansas City and CSX Transportation have filed seeking permission to acquire and operate Genesee & Wyoming short line Meridian & Bigbee. The supplemental...
November 6, 2023 | Headlines, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, November 3, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board has denied Union Pacific’s request to dismiss a common-carrier case filed by a small shipper in the Twin Cities. In a 3-2 decision issued Thursday, the STB also ordered the shipper, Sanimax, to...
