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STB Chairman Patrick Fuchs – RAIL GROUP ON AIR

Drawn from our 2025 Rail Insights conference, this edition of Railway Age’s podcast series features Surface Transportation Board Chair Patrick Fuchs in conversation with Editor-in Chief William C. Vantuono. Now in his

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Mixed Progress on CPKC IT Cutover Recovery

Railroad recoveries are almost always uneven (CSX the recent exception), and we’re seeing that with a mixed bag of data this week regarding CPKC’s efforts to rebound from the operational disruptions from

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CPKC IT Cutover Update

Some better data this week suggests that Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s southern U.S. operating problems related to its May 3 IT systems cutover might be starting to correct, which is good news.

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Irrational Exuberance?

Observations on the TD Cowen/Jason Seidl article, “If All Else Fail, Attempt to Merge.” First, if the railroads lost only 1% of rail traffic between 2014 and 2024 (excluding coal traffic), I

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NEPA NIMBYs Gnawed at CPKC (UPDATED, 6/23)

It is eminently logical that if one relocates to a community zoned for heavy industry, they shouldn’t be surprised that a 24/7 distribution hub is constructed near them, bringing with it additional noise and increased highway traffic. It follows that if one relocates to a community with main line railroad track, they shouldn’t be surprised with the arrival of additional train traffic.

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Pop-Up Metro: New Model for New Starts

Fourth and Final in a Series: Where Would the Model Work Best? The process for getting a New Starts grant (or a Small Starts grant, for that matter) from the Federal Transit