November 16, 2021 | CP, Headlines, KCS, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 15, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Union Pacific has asked the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to delay and extend its review of the proposed merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. Full story: Trains...
November 15, 2021 | CP, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, November 12, 2021) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) will assess environmental impacts of the proposed Canadian Pacific (CP)-Kansas City Southern (KCS) merger; it’s expected that the environmental review process will wrap up...
November 15, 2021 | BNSF, CN, CP, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 12, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — BNSF Railway and Canadian National have raised issues with federal regulators’ timeline for review of the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger. BNSF seeks more time regarding Mexico...
November 15, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 12, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board has scheduled hearings on three major issues: the CSX acquisition of Pan Am Railways; Amtrak’s bid to operate trains between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., and its...
November 12, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, November 11, 2021) NEW YORK — CSX President and CEO Jim Foote on Nov. 2 responded to Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman’s Oct. 18 request for information about service problems, as evidenced by what STB characterized as numerous...
November 11, 2021 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 10, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak’s request for cooperation from CSX has received a harsh response from the freight railroad. Full story: Trains Magazine
November 5, 2021 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 4, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern say addition of Amtrak trains along the Gulf Coast would cause a “systematic failure” in their ability to provide freight service, based on traffic modeling, and...
November 5, 2021 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, Short Line, STB
(Source: www.al.com, November 4, 2021) MOBILE, Ala. — The potential harm to the Alabama State Docks “would be calamitous” in Mobile if Amtrak is allowed to restart passenger rail and operate 28 train trips per week connecting the Alabama Port City with New Orleans, a...
November 4, 2021 | Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 3, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board will allow a Minnesota company to proceed with its complaint against Union Pacific that alleges service reductions by the railroad violate UP’s common carrier obligation...
November 3, 2021 | CP, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, November 3, 2021) NEW YORK — STB on Nov. 1 issued a decision (download below) providing notice of its proposed schedule, which has been set to allow “sufficient time for the submission and review of evidence and arguments, as well as careful...
