January 14, 2022 | BNSF, CP, Headlines, KCS, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 13, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — BNSF Railway and Norfolk Southern may both seek trackage rights over Kansas City Southern routes in order to preserve competition as part of the proposed Canadian Pacific-KCS merger. Full story: Trains...
January 14, 2022 | CN, CP, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, January 13, 2022) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Limited today issued the following statement in response to CN’s Notice of Intent to file a Responsive Application asking the STB force a divestiture of...
January 14, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, STB
(Source: The Oklahoman, January 12, 2022) NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma’s 10-minute limit on trains blocking city streets violates the federal government’s authority to regulate rail carriers and tracks, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. Full story: Yahoo...
January 13, 2022 | CN, CP, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Canadian National Railway press release, January 13, 2022) MONTREAL — CN yesterday evening submitted a notice of intent to file a responsive application on February 28, 2022, with the Surface Transportation Board (“STB”) in accordance with the STB’s...
January 13, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, STB
(Source: Courthouse News Service, January 11, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oklahoma cannot fine railroads for blocking roads, a 10th Circuit panel ruled Tuesday, since the power to regulate train operations rests solely with the Surface Transportation Board under federal...
January 13, 2022 | CP, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Daily Herald, January 10, 2022) CHICAGO — In a short amount of time, 324 suburbanites — and others from throughout the Midwest — voiced almost universal displeasure with a proposed railway merger that would increase freight traffic in the West and...
January 11, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, STB
(Source: Billings Gazette, January 10, 2022) BILLINGS, Mont. — BNSF Railway announced plans Monday to take over Montana Rail Link and its 900 miles of track in Montana and Idaho. BNSF has committed to retain all union and non-union employees of MRL in their current...
January 11, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, Short Line, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 7, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) yesterday provided additional details on the upcoming public hearing on the revised application for CSX’s proposed acquisition of Pan Am Systems Inc. and its subsidiaries. The...
January 11, 2022 | CP, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, January 10, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A panel on rail consolidation at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board here weighed in on the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, with one member suggesting...
January 10, 2022 | CP, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Chicago Tribune, January 7, 2022) CHICAGO — A proposed railroad merger would mean more freight trains in the Chicago area, and Metra and some communities say residents could feel the effects. Full story: Chicago Tribune
