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,...
June 17, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, June 14, 2022) NEW YORK — Many have been waiting for the ongoing battle at the Surface Transportation Board (STB) between Amtrak on one side and CSX, Norfolk Southern and the Port of Mobile on the other (Docket No. FD-36496) to resume on Monday,...
June 16, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, June 14, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board is criticizing the four major U.S. Class I railroads for not providing enough pertinent information on their rail service recovery plans, and it is asking the railroads to supplement what they...
June 16, 2022 | Headlines, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 15, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Union Pacific has asked federal regulators to dismiss a shipper’s complaint that claims the railroad violated its common-carrier obligations by providing unreliable service and unilaterally reducing local...
June 16, 2022 | Commuter Rail, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 14, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The impact of the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger on Metra commuter operations is even worse than initially thought, the Chicago area commuter railroad has told federal regulators. Full story:...
June 15, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 13, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board, making clear its unhappiness with service recovery plans filed by the four largest U.S. Class I railroads, will require those railroads to correct deficiencies in service...
June 15, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 13, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board late last week ordered board-sponsored meditation in the case involving Amtrak’s application to relaunch passenger-rail service on CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway tracks in the...
June 15, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 11, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger threatens to degrade intermodal service on the Meridian Speedway that serves as a shortcut between the Southeast and Southwest, Norfolk Southern told federal...
June 9, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 9, 2022) Overall on-time performance for the big four U.S. Class I railroads has fallen from a pre-pandemic average of 85% to just 67% in the last week of May 2022, as crew shortages continue to plague rail service. The extent of the...
