August 9, 2021 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Railway Age, August 6, 2021) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) has issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Uinta Basin Railway in Utah. The move paves the way for STB to...
August 9, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 6, 2021) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has denied a motion from CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway to dismiss Amtrak’s request for the board to require the two Class Is to allow Amtrak to relaunch a Gulf Coast...
August 5, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, August 4, 2021) NEW YORK — CSX President and CEO Jim Foote on August 2 responded to Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman’s July 22 letter to Class I railroad CEOs requesting information on the extent of congestion at key U.S....
August 4, 2021 | CP, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, August 3, 2021) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has granted in part Canadian Pacific’s (CP) petition for declaratory relief: It confirmed that CP may use “discovery” under STB regulations to seek relevant material from Kansas...
August 4, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 3, 2021) U.S. Class Is as of mid-June employed 115,931 people, a 0.37% increase from May’s level but a 0.17% decrease from June 2020’s count, according to Surface Transportation Board data. Four of six workforce categories...
August 3, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Farmer, August 2, 2021) BURNSVILLE, Minn. — Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Martin J. Oberman, on July 22, sent a letter to all Class I railroads expressing his concern over persistent problems with congestion in the international...
August 2, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, July 30, 2021) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has accepted for consideration CSX’s amended and re-filed Pan Am Railways acquisition application, and set a procedural schedule, with a final decision to be rendered April 1, 2022....
August 2, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, July 27, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — June employment levels at the U.S. operations of the Class I railroads were roughly flat with May, growing 0.8% amid a 21% growth in U.S. rail volumes. Staffing levels for the train-and-engine (T&E)...
July 27, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 26, 2021) The Agricultural Transportation Working Group and National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) are urging the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to adopt measures included in President Joe Biden’s recent executive order...
July 27, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, July 26, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board on Friday sent a letter to the CEOs of seven Class I railroads asking them to explain their demurrage policies amid reports of congestion and “sizeable storage...
