November 19, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, November 19, 2020) NEW YORK — “Examining the Surface Transportation Board’s Role in Ensuring a Robust Passenger Rail System” was the topic of a virtual Nov. 17 hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and...
November 4, 2020 | CN, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 3, 2020) CN’s Wisconsin Central Ltd. cannot unilaterally designate the Belt Railway Co. of Chicago’s (BRC) Clearing Yard as the location where it will receive traffic in interchange with Canadian Pacific’s...
November 3, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Salt Lake Tribune, November 3, 2020) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A proposed oil-hauling railroad would degrade up to 10,000 acres of wildlife habitat in northeastern Utah, potentially disrupting migration corridors and ruining wetlands, according to a new draft...
November 3, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 2, 2020) The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis last week issued a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the proposed Uinta Basin Railway in Carbon, Duchesne, Uintah and Utah...
October 22, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 21, 2020) Class Is as of mid-September employed 118,123 people, down 0.3% from mid-August’s level and down 13.69% from September 2019’s count, according to Surface Transportation Board (STB) data. Four of six...
October 19, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: S&P Global Platts, October 16, 2020) HOUSTON — U.S. coal train loadings rose to a seven-week high in the week ended Oct. 9, as loadings from all four major basins increased on the week, Surface Transportation Board data showed Oct. 16. Full story:...
October 15, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, October 14, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A coalition of freight rail shippers is still urging the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to press for additional rail service data from the Class I railroads, according to a filing last week. Full...
October 8, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, October 7, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Despite having locomotives in storage and personnel furloughed earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. freight railroads have been able to bring back resources and meet the needs for rail...
October 5, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 2, 2020) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) announced yesterday that BNSF Railway Co., CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway’s combined subsidiaries, Canadian Pacific’s Soo Line Corp. and Union Pacific Railroad...
September 30, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 29, 2020) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) last week denied Metra’s request for a declaratory order and a petition for preliminary injunction on issues related to its ongoing dispute with Union Pacific Railroad...
