March 8, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 2, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern sees the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger as a threat to its Meridian Speedway intermodal traffic. Full story: Trains Magazine
March 8, 2022 | BNSF, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 2, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — BNSF Railway has urged federal regulators to take steps to protect cross-border traffic to and from Mexico as part of any approval of the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger. Full story:...
March 7, 2022 | News, STB
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 7 — BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce will testify tomorrow, March 8, before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials at a hearing titled “Stakeholder Views on Surface...
March 7, 2022 | BNSF, CN, CP-KCS Merger, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 3, 2022) BNSF Railway Co., CN, CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and Union Pacific Railroad on Monday filed their “comments and request for conditions” with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) on the proposed merger...
March 7, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 2, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has rescheduled the evidentiary hearing for the Amtrak Gulf Coast case to April 4-5. Full story: Progressive Railroading
February 25, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, February 23, 2022) NEW YORK — CSX Transportation, with Amtrak concurring, has asked the Surface Transportation Board for a continuance (postponement) of the evidentiary hearing on Gulf Coast service originally scheduled to begin March 9, 2022, to...
February 25, 2022 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, February 24, 2022) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Economics (OE) has published the Annual Rail Rate Index Study: 1985-2020, summarizing trends in freight railroad rates. Full story: Railway Age
February 24, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 22, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) late last week issued the final scope of study for the environmental impact statement the office is preparing for the merger...
February 22, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, February 21, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Surface Transportation Board can’t yet determine whether proposed remedies sought by BNSF and CN over potential operational impacts stemming from the Canadian Pacific–Kansas City Southern merger would...
February 22, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, February 21, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Because Amtrak must use the freight rail network, any expansion of passenger rail service could affect not only freight rail operations but also the shippers and ports that depend on the freight rail...
