January 9, 2019 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Supply Chain Management Review, January 4, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On January 2, the United States Senate voted to confirm two new Commissioners to the Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by...
January 4, 2019 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 3, 2019) The U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed Patrick Fuchs and Martin Oberman as Surface Transportation Board (STB) commissioners. Full story: Progressive Railroading
January 4, 2019 | Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, January 3, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is looking into fees that Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific have begun charging shippers relating to the railroads’ transitions to precision scheduled...
January 3, 2019 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement, STB
(Source: Railway Age, January 2, 2019) NEW YORK — In a surprise move, the U.S. Senate confirmed six nominees to railroad-important federal agencies on January 2, 2019, including three to the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board. It was an unexpected move given the...
December 27, 2018 | Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: S&P Global/Platts, December 21, 2018) HOUSTON — For the fourth straight year, four of the seven Class I railroads that operate in the US were deemed revenue adequate for 2017, with Union Pacific garnering the best return among the four for the eighth...
November 26, 2018 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 21, 2018) In mid-October, U.S. Class Is employed a total 148,719 people, up 0.37 percent over mid-September and 1.62 percent over October 2017, according to Surface Transportation Board employment data. On a month-over-month...
October 23, 2018 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 22, 2018) As of mid-September, U.S. Class Is employed a total 148,171 workers, up 0.02 percent compared with mid-August and up 1.02 percent compared with the same month in 2017, according to Surface Transportation Board data....
September 25, 2018 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 24, 2018) As of mid-August, Class Is in the United States employed 148,136 workers, up 0.48 percent since mid-July’s employment figure and up 0.55 percent compared with mid-August 2017, according to the Surface...
September 24, 2018 | Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 21, 2018) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has asked Union Pacific Railroad senior management to hold weekly phone calls with the board’s Rail Customer and Public Assistance Office as the Class I implements its...
August 24, 2018 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 23, 2018) In mid-July, U.S. Class Is employed 147,426 people, up a meager 0.1 percent from the count a month earlier and down less than a tenth of a percent from the workforce figure in July 2017, according to Surface...
