July 23, 2018 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 20, 2018) As of mid-June, U.S. Class Is employed 147,282 workers, up 0.19 percent from mid-May, but down 0.9 percent from mid-June 2017, according to Surface Transportation Board (STB) data. The employment category for...
July 9, 2018 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, July 6, 2018) NEW YORK — Martin J. (Marty) Oberman, 73, an attorney and perennial fixture in Chicago and Illinois Democratic politics, is President Trump’s choice to fill a vacant Democratic seat on the five-member Surface Transportation Board...
May 22, 2018 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 21, 2018) As of mid-April, U.S. Class Is employed 145,959 workers, up 0.59 percent since mid-March, but down 2.11 percent compared with April 2017, according to Surface Transportation Board data. All but one employment category —...
April 30, 2018 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 27, 2018) The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Wednesday approved the nominations of Patrick Fuchs and Michelle Schultz as Surface Transportation Board (STB) members. Full story: Progressive...
April 24, 2018 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 23, 2018) As of mid-March, U.S. Class Is employed 145,105 workers, up 0.2 percent compared with mid-February’s level, but down 2.8 percent compared with mid-March 2017’s count, according to Surface Transportation Board...
April 20, 2018 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, April 18, 2018) NEW YORK — Were there any doubt that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) has been on siesta since the departure of former Chairman Dan Elliott in September, a House Rail Subcommittee oversight hearing April 17 confirmed the...
April 11, 2018 | Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 10, 2018) Kansas City Southern President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Ottensmeyer has responded to the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) request for information about Class Is’ service outlooks for 2018....
April 11, 2018 | Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, April 10, 2018) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern on April 2 responded to the Surface Transportation Board’s March 16 blanket letter requesting information on Class I railroad 2018 service outlooks. Full story: Railway Age
April 11, 2018 | Headlines, Railroad Security, STB
(Source: American Journal of Transportation, April 11, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House overwhelmingly passed two bipartisan railroad data and information security bills: H.R. 4921, the “STB Information and Security Act,” and H.R. 4925, the “FRA Safety Data...
April 6, 2018 | Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 4, 2018) Norfolk Southern Railway’s service “is not where we or our customers need it to be,” the Class I’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer James Squires acknowledged in a letter to the...
