October 17, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, October 13, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Oct. 1 established the Office of Passenger Rail, responsible for investigating and analyzing issues regarding Amtrak on-time performance (OTP). Full story: Railway Age
October 5, 2022 | CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, October 4, 2022) Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern will make their closing arguments for their merger on Thursday, the sixth and final day of Surface Transportation Board hearings on the first Class I railroad combination in two...
October 5, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, October 4, 2022) A merger between two large freight railroad companies could potentially spell disaster for the Chicago area if allowed to go through unchecked, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., warned on Tuesday. Full story: Chicago...
October 4, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, October 3, 2022) Surface Transportation Board members appear skeptical about CSX Transportation’s bid to force its way on to the Kansas City Southern-Norfolk Southern Meridian Speedway. The Meridian Speedway — which runs from Meridian, Miss.,...
October 3, 2022 | BNSF, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 30, 2022) Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern executives say there’s plenty of capacity in Houston to handle the eight additional trains per day they’ll run through the busy terminal within three years after their merger. Full...
October 3, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 30, 2022) The three-day Surface Transportation Board hearing on the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger has ballooned to a six-day hearing. The board will hold mostly virtual hearings on Monday and Tuesday, Oct....
September 30, 2022 | CN, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 29, 2022) Canadian National, which lost the battle for Kansas City Southern to rival Canadian Pacific last year, tried to plant seeds of doubt about the CP-KCS merger in lengthy testimony before federal regulators on Thursday. Full...
September 29, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Our Quad Cities, September 28, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board is holding hearings where, on Wednesday, former Davenport Mayor Bill Gluba spoke out against the CP-KCS merger. Full story: www.ourquadcities.com
September 29, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 29, 2022) U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced a bill this week seeking to better define railroads’ common-carrier rules and establishing criteria for the Surface Transportation Board to consider when assessing complaints...
September 21, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 20, 2022) Class Is employed 117,014 workers in the United States as of mid-August, a 0.52% increase from July’s employment level and a 2.26% increase year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board data. Five...
