November 3, 2021 | CP, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 2, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern say their proposed merger will generate significant traffic growth, with daily train counts on the combined system’s north-south spine projected to more than...
November 1, 2021 | CP, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, October 29, 2021) CALGARY and KANSAS CITY — Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (“CP”) and Kansas City Southern (“KCS”) today announced they have jointly filed a railroad control application with...
October 27, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Jacksonville Daily Record, October 27, 2021) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Before CSX Corp. reported third-quarter earnings, CEO James Foote received a letter from the railroad company’s primary regulator questioning its service level for customers. “The reason for my...
October 22, 2021 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, October 20, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak has asked the Surface Transportation to take action on two fronts on its pending request for a ruling enabling it to start passenger service between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala. — requesting that...
October 19, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 18, 2021) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) late last week granted a motion filed by CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and Amtrak to extend the procedural schedule that addresses Amtrak’s request to operate passenger rail...
October 12, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Farmer, October 11, 2021) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — In a decision served Sept. 2, 2021, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) said on their website it was seeking comments from the shipping community, carriers and the public concerning what, if any,...
October 7, 2021 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Logistics Management, October 6, 2021) NEW YORK — In a recent speech given at the Northeast Association of Rail Shippers (NEARS) fall conference in Portland, Maine, Robert Primus, a member of the Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory...
October 7, 2021 | CN, CP, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, October 7, 2021) NEW YORK — The battle for boardroom and C-suite control between CN and TCI Fund Management Ltd. continues to escalate. On Oct. 6, TCI responded to CN’s Oct. 4 press release with one of its own. Full story: Railway...
October 1, 2021 | CN, CP, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 30, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board has reaffirmed its previous approval of a voting trust for the proposed merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, saying the approval granted for CP’s original...
September 30, 2021 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 29, 2021) U.S. Class Is as of mid-August employed 114,431 people, down 1.07% from July’s employment total and down 2.83% year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board data. All six employment categories...
