February 9, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 8, 2022) CSX President and Chief Executive Officer James Foote is asking shippers to sign a petition expressing concerns to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) about Amtrak’s proposed Gulf Coast service. Full story:...
February 8, 2022 | CN, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 7, 2022) The back-and-forth between CN and Canadian Pacific over the latter’s application for approval of its acquisition of Kansas City Southern is continuing, according to documents filed in recent days with the Surface...
February 7, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: www.al.com, February 6, 2022) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The head of CSX Transportation has asked customers to weigh in against a proposal to restore passenger rail service between Mobile and New Orleans in a move that Amtrak has decried as a “desperate” scare...
February 4, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Missouri Times opinion column by Bob Gallagher, February 3, 2022. Mr. Gallagher is mayor of Bettendorf, Iowa.) BETTENDORF, Iowa — Last year, Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) announced one such deal — a merger that would create the first...
February 2, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 2, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) yesterday announced details for the upcoming hearing on Amtrak’s application to reintroduce passenger-rail service along part of the Gulf Coast. Full story: Progressive...
February 2, 2022 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Vail Daily, February 1, 2022) EAGLE, Colo. — Eagle County officials are launching an effort to keep rail cars filled with crude oil off the rail line that runs along the Colorado River through much of western Colorado. Full story: Vail...
January 31, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, January 28, 2022) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board on Jan. 28 issued a decision denying a request from the Association of American Railroads to extend the procedural schedule in Docket No. EP 711 (Sub-No. 1) et al., Reciprocal...
January 28, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 17, 2022) U.S. Class Is employed 114,499 people in mid-December 2021, a 0.48% increase compared with mid-November’s employment level, but down 2.78% compared with the same month in 2020, according to Surface Transportation...
January 28, 2022 | CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 22, 2022) CALGARY — Other Class I railroads should not be able to use the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger process as a way to improve their competitive positions, CP CEO Keith Creel says. Full story: Trains...
January 26, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, DOT, FRA, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, January 26, 2022) NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) have been allowed to file additional comments with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) regarding Amtrak’s application to...
