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The railroad industry is asking the Surface Transportation Board to put off its scheduled May 3 hearing on whether regulators should order freight railroads to give their shippers greater access to competing rail service.

Shipper groups, in reply, are telling the STB they could accept a short delay, but are lining up against any lengthy extension.

The full story appears on the Journal of Commerce website.