September 23, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, September 22, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — U.S. Class I rail employment levels rose between July and August on higher rail volumes. However, headcount totals are still significantly below year-ago levels. U.S. operations of the Class I railroads...
September 9, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, STB
(Source: S&P Global Platts, September 8, 2020) HOUSTON — The average revenue per short ton for coal on the four major US railroads was $16.23/st in the second quarter of 2020, down $1.53/st cents from the year-ago quarter, Surface Transportation Board data showed...
September 8, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, September 4, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has adopted a final rule that modifies what data the board collects from the waybill samples of the U.S. freight railroads. Full story: Freight...
September 8, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, September 7, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — An August request from the Surface Transportation Board (STB) and the Federal Railroad Administration(FRA) asking the Class I railroads to report how they’re addressing service issues amid rising rail...
September 3, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 2, 2020) Five Class I railroads have now responded to last month’s joint letter from the Surface Transportation Board and Federal Railroad Administration, mostly in general terms assuring the two agencies that they are prepared for...
August 27, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, STB
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, August 26, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — T he Surface Transportation Board and the Federal Railroad Administration issued joint letters to the seven Class I railroads on Monday, expressing concern over missed industrial switches and...
August 26, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, August 25, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Administrator Ron Batory have sent letters to the CEOs of all seven Class I railroads asking them to resolve service issues...
August 25, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, August 24, 2020) NEW YORK — Curiously timed with the start of the Republican National Convention (or perhaps not so curiously), the Surface Transportation Board and Federal Railroad Administration on Aug. 24 sent joint, identical letters to the...
August 24, 2020 | Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 21, 2020) A coalition of labor and passenger-rail groups has written to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) in support of Metra’s request for an injunction to require Union Pacific Railroad to continue operating...
August 21, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 20, 2020) Class Is employed 117,230 people as of mid-July, down 0.95 percent from June and down 16.68 percent from July 2019 levels, according to Surface Transportation Board data. Five out of six employment categories logged...
