January 4, 2023 | CN, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB, UP
(Source: Railway Age, January 3, 2023) CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS), Union Pacific (UP) and the U.S. operating subsidiaries of CN on Dec. 29 requested that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) stay its requirement that the Class I railroads commit to a new arbitration...
January 3, 2023 | Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, January 3, 2023) Union Pacific is quickly moving trainloads of corn to Foster Farms facilities in California after the U.S. Surface Transportation Board issued a rare emergency service order on December 29. It was the second...
December 28, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, December 27, 2022) Employment numbers with the U.S. operations of the Class I railroads in mid-November were the highest since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in North America, according to data collected by the Surface Transportation Board....
December 21, 2022 | Headlines, Shippers, STB
(Source: Associated Press, December 21, 2022) Shippers are praising proposed changes that federal regulators have approved to the system used to dispute rates railroads charge, aiming to update a system that is so costly and cumbersome it is little used. Full story:...
December 20, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, December 19, 2022) Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern, the Southern Rail Commission and the Port of Mobile, Ala., plan to spend $223 million on improvements to the rail line between New Orleans and Mobile as part of an effort to...
December 20, 2022 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 20, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board yesterday adopted two final rules that establish new rate reasonableness procedures providing two streamlined approaches for shippers and railroads to resolve smaller rate disputes....
December 16, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 15, 2022) STB Chairman Martin J. Oberman wondered aloud if UP would boost train and engine crew staffing levels if the board expanded reciprocal switching — or if it would simply let the traffic flow to rival BNSF Railway. Full...
December 15, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, December 14, 2022) Shippers, railroaders and the federal board that oversees the rail industry blasted Union Pacific during a two-day hearing in Washington on December 13 and 14, over the Class I’s increased use of traffic...
December 15, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, December 14, 2022) Several shippers told federal regulators Tuesday that they don’t believe the railroads are meeting the common carrier obligation because of the service issues they’ve encountered in the past year, including an increased use...
December 15, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Associated Press, December 15, 2022) Federal regulators and shippers are questioning Union Pacific’s decision to temporarily limit some businesses’ shipments as part of its effort to clear up congestion across the railroad. The head of the U.S. Surface...
