September 21, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 20, 2022) The trade group representing coal mining operators has asked federal regulators to take action regarding erratic rail service, particularly in the east on CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern. Mines have had to curtail...
September 21, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: The Hill, September 21, 2022) But business groups argue that there is more to be done to address poor rail service, which they say has magnified red-hot inflation. Retailers, farmers, carmakers and other rail customers are lobbying Congress to pass...
September 20, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 19, 2022) Although they welcomed the new tentative agreement between the railroads and labor unions, the industry’s customers are calling on Congress to help resolve other freight-rail problems that continue to harm the U.S....
September 7, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 6, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The latest round of filings in the Amtrak Gulf Coast dispute essentially find the parties stating their old arguments in new ways. Amtrak again argues CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern fail to show...
September 7, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Surface Transportation Board press release, September 6, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) today issued a notice extending the deadline for public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact...
September 7, 2022 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 6, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five of the seven Class I railroads operating in the U.S. were revenue adequate in 2021, the Surface Transportation Board said on Tuesday. Being revenue adequate means a railroads achieved a rate of...
September 1, 2022 | Headlines, STB
(Railway Age column by William Vantuono, September 2, 2022) The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a confirmation hearing Sept. 7 on President Biden’s nomination of Democrat Robert E. Primus to a second term on the Surface Transportation Board (STB). This is a...
August 29, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, PSR, SMART-TD, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 26, 2022) CSX Transportation is pushing back against allegations a local union official has made regarding operations and safety at the railroad’s hump yard in Selkirk, N.Y. Full story: Trains Magazine
August 29, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 29, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board has granted a request by the parties in the Amtrak Gulf Coast dispute to extend board-sponsored mediation for an additional 30 days. Full story: Trains Magazine
August 29, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 26, 2022) The location of one of four in-person public meetings to comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger has been changed, the Surface Transportation Board has...
