March 24, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 23, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal regulators should toss out Norfolk Southern’s request for trackage rights over Kansas City Southern from Shreveport, La., to the Dallas area as part of the proposed Canadian Pacific-KCS merger, CSX...
March 16, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 15, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has directed Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and related parties to be prepared to address several issues at the April 4 evidentiary hearing on Amtrak’s proposal to...
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 7, 2022 | BNSF, CN, CP-KCS Merger, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 3, 2022) BNSF Railway Co., CN, CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and Union Pacific Railroad on Monday filed their “comments and request for conditions” with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) on the proposed merger...
March 7, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 2, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has rescheduled the evidentiary hearing for the Amtrak Gulf Coast case to April 4-5. Full story: Progressive Railroading
February 25, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, February 23, 2022) NEW YORK — CSX Transportation, with Amtrak concurring, has asked the Surface Transportation Board for a continuance (postponement) of the evidentiary hearing on Gulf Coast service originally scheduled to begin March 9, 2022, to...
February 22, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, February 21, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Because Amtrak must use the freight rail network, any expansion of passenger rail service could affect not only freight rail operations but also the shippers and ports that depend on the freight rail...
February 18, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, February 17, 2022) NEW YORK — This latest skirmish was fought hard on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 15 and 16. Holding their grounds through it all were Amtrak, joined by elected and other officials from Mississippi and advocates for passenger...
February 17, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine analysis by Bob Johnston, February 16, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Questions raised by Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman and other board members Wednesday, during the second day of a hearing over Amtrak service on the Gulf...
February 16, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, February 15, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Active cross-examination by Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman and other board members marked almost eight hours of testimony Tuesday on the first of two days of public comment on the...
