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Kloster Advances; STB Questions Lurk

Surface Transportation Board (STB) nominee and Republican Richard Kloster received a favorable vote from the Senate Commerce Committee March 12 to fill one of two vacant seats on the five-member Board. The positive vote was along party lines, 15-13. Kloster’s name now will be forwarded to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) for advancement to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote.

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The 1,550-Pound Gorilla – Part 4 of 5

This is the fourth in a five-part series about railroad growth coming from truck conversions focused on the criticality of rail-to-rail competition to achieve Union Pacific’s growth outcome stated in the Dec.

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The Final Act of Independence

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2026 ISSUE: Railroad history tends to be reductive, or at the very least presented without a great deal of context. Why that is, and what to do

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STB’s Preordained ‘Energizer Bunny’

WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2026 ISSUE: For Surface Transportation Board (STB) Vice Chairperson Republican Michelle A. Schultz, preparation and persistence paved what likely was an already preordained career path.  Serving a

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Who Should Operate Corridors?

Amtrak is now repairing the East River Tunnels between New York Penn Station and Queens, as we have been reporting. That project has brought service reductions, including on the Empire Service trains

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Ocean of Capital Chasing Trains

This Financial Edge column from the March 2026 issue is a topic recommended by Eric Marchetto, Chief Financial Officer of Trinity Industries Inc., and is a companion to a Railway Age Rail

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