April 21, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, CSX, Headlines, SMART-TD
(Source: Railway Age, April 20, 2022) NEW YORK — CSX on April 19 reached what it’s calling a “tentative agreement” with the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Transportation Division (SMART-TD) to provide SMART-TD Trainmen and Yardmasters with “monthly...
April 21, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: CNN, April 20, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is embroiled in a fight that may have vast implications for the future of US rail service, including the billions of dollars devoted to it from the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Amtrak, which typically speaks...
April 21, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, April 20, 2022) NEW YORK — At this writing, Amtrak is preparing to present its case to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) disputing the amount of new infrastructure that potential host railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern claim must be built...
April 20, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 20, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Switching details and conflicting traffic modeling assumptions dominated discussions at the Surface Transportation Board’s hearing into Amtrak plans to launch passenger service between New Orleans and...
April 20, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, April 19, 2022) NEW YORK — The “Second Battle of Mobile” is in full swing. Prospective host railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern, along with the Port of Mobile, are in a heated dispute with Amtrak at the Surface Transportation Board (STB) about how...
April 19, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine analysis by Bob Johnston, April 18, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two days of testimony that made up the second week of the Surface Transportation Board’s hearing on Amtrak Gulf Coast service delved into the intricacies of traffic modeling and its...
April 18, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, Short Line, STB
(Source: Railway Age, April 14, 2022) NEW YORK — All five Surface Transportation Board members on April 14 signed off on CSX’s proposal to acquire Pan Am Systems, Inc., and its short line railroad subsidiaries, effective May 14. Full story: Railway...
April 13, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 12, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board’s evidentiary hearing in the Amtrak Gulf Coast case that began last week will continue this and next week, the board announced yesterday. Full story: Progressive...
April 11, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 8, 2022) BALTIMORE, Md. — CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern are working to improve their service amid ongoing crew shortages and supply chain disruptions, executives told shippers on Thursday. Full story: Trains...
April 11, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age opinion column by David Peter Alan, April 8, 2022) NEW YORK — I’m sure that many people my age (I’m in my 70s) remember the “can do” attitude of the railroads from our youth, so many decades ago. Today, two of the nation’s seven Class I railroads...
