March 29, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: S&P Global Platts, March 26, 2021) HOUSTON — U.S. coal train loadings declined in the week ended March 19, despite loadings from Northern and Central Appalachia reaching multi-month highs, Surface Transportation Board data showed March 26. Full story:...
March 29, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 26, 2021) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) yesterday rejected the Colorado Midland & Pacific Railway Co.’s (CMPR) request to expedite its proposal to begin operating trains on the Tennessee Pass Line in...
March 26, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, March 26, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has asked that CSX resubmit its application seeking permission to acquire New England short line Pan Am Railways. Filing the application as a “significant” transaction...
March 25, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 24, 2021) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has received a “notice of intent” regarding Canadian Pacific’s proposed acquisition of Kansas City Southern, which as a merger between two Class Is would be...
March 9, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 8, 2021) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) last week announced Donald Itzkoff and Eric Jakubowski have been appointed to the board’s Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (RSTAC). Full story: Progressive...
March 1, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, February 26, 2021) NEW YORK — CSX is submitting an application to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to acquire the Pan Am System, including Pan Am Railways (PAR) and its 50% stake in Pan Am Southern (PAS), the Class I railroad reported Feb....
February 25, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 23, 2021) U.S. Class Is employed 113,461 people in mid-January, down 3.66% compared with December 2020’s employment levels and down 11.57% year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board (STB) data. All...
February 4, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Surface Transportation Board press release, February 1, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board announced today that Board Member Robert Primus has been designated as the agency’s vice chairman. Mr. Primus was sworn in as a Board member on...
February 3, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 2, 2021) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has postponed the effective dates of exemptions related to the Colorado, Midland & Pacific Railway Co.’s (CMPR) petition to lease and operate Union Pacific...
January 29, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, January 28, 2021) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is extending until Feb. 12 the comment period on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed 85-mile Uinta Basin Railway in Utah. Eagle County, Colo.,...
