December 14, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: CNBC, December 13, 2022) The strike was averted, but tensions between unions and class I freight railroads continue to run high. Under scrutiny at a two-day hearing before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board is Union Pacific’s use of embargoes to clear up...
December 14, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: BNN Bloomberg, December 13, 2022) Shippers urged the US railroad regulator to create more competition in the industry during hearings in which Union Pacific Corp. was called to explain a spike in service restrictions. Full story: BNN...
December 14, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, December 13, 2022) Following an outcry from railroaders and the public, it appears some of the nation’s Class I railroads are revising their employee attendance policies. Although it has yet to be seen if the changes will...
December 14, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 12, 2022) Amtrak is asking the Surface Transportation Board to investigate why host railroad practices — primarily at Union Pacific Railroad — are contributing to substandard on-time performance (OTP) of its Sunset Limited...
December 13, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: www.al.com, December 9, 2022) Amtrak’s return to the Gulf Coast will come in 2023, but few details are being disclosed about last month’s settlement in a case before a federal agency that could have national implications over how passenger rail is conducted...
December 13, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Kansas City Star, December 11, 2022) In this small town on the upper Mississippi River, where railroad tracks slice the length of the community, and freight horns seem as common as bird song, residents fear that life is about to get more dangerous. Full...
December 13, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, December 8, 2022) Five Presidential nominees to the Amtrak Board of Directors—one a renomination—and one re-nominee to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) were recommended for Senate confirmation Dec. 7 by the Senate Commerce Committee meeting...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 8, 2022) The STB last month ordered UP to explain why it has significantly increased its use of embargoes. This year UP has issued more than 1,000 embargoes to date in response to congestion, compared with just 27 in 2017 — the year...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Freight Waves opinion column by Rachel Premack, December 8, 2022) Usually when I sit down to read prestigious publications targeted at insidery urbanites, I do not get the opportunity to learn about railroad management. But the last few months have given us...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Railway Age opinion column by Jim Blaze, December 8, 2022) Where are the Class I railroads in improving their actual service metrics as the upcoming Union Pacific rail embargo STB investigation comes close to its Dec. 13-14 date in Washington? Following are...
