July 5, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, July 5, 2022) The second half of 2022 is underway, and freight rail stakeholders will be watching over the next several weeks and months how the railroads untangle service issues that seemed to be persisting through June, according to data...
July 5, 2022 | CN, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, July 5, 2022) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on July 1 accepted for consideration responsive applications by CN and Norfolk Southern (NS) regarding the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger, which is under STB review and...
July 5, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Daily Herald, July 2, 2022) CHICAGO — Federal lawmakers have stayed on the sidelines regarding the regional impact of a white-hot proposal to combine two major freight railroads, but that’s changing. Full story: Daily Herald
July 1, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, PSR, STB, TTD
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 30, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The leader of a federation of rail and other unions has written a group of U.S. senators asking that Congress give the Surface Transportation Board more power to enforce railroads’ common-carrier obligations...
June 30, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Television station KFYR, June 29, 2022) BISMARCK, N.D. — Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., has been addressing a Burlington Northern and Santa Fe railway backlog in North Dakota. BNSF’s backlog in the Peace Garden State is at 2,752 cars, which is down 3,600 cars from...
June 24, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Ports, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 23, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three of the Federal Maritime Commission’s five members have urged the Surface Transportation Board to reject the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger, saying the deal would hurt U.S. ports....
June 23, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 22, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bartlett Grain Co., which opened a grain loading facility on KCS in Jacksonville, Ill., in 2013, says a divestiture to CN would end the single-line service it currently enjoys for grain shipments to Mexico....
June 23, 2022 | Headlines, STB
(Source: White House press release, June 22, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the several leaders to serve as key leaders in his administration. Robert E. Primus will be renominated to continue serving as a Member of...
June 21, 2022 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, June 20, 2022) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has set the third-quarter 2022 RCAF (Rail Cost Adjustment Factor), described as “an index formulated to represent changes in railroad costs incurred by the nation’s largest...
June 20, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 17, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board on Friday ordered Union Pacific to live up to service commitments it has made to deliver corn to a large California poultry and feed producer. The emergency service order,...
