People News: Stucki, STB
Rail components and services provider A. Stucki Company (Stucki) appoints Ron Port as CEO. Also, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) elevates Anika Sanders Cooper to General Counsel.
STB
STB: RETAC Nominations Welcome
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is seeking nominations for candidates to fill five vacancies on its Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee (RETAC).
Commentary
Has STB’s Primus a Pro-Labor Agenda?
NEWS ITEM: Robert E. Primus, named by President Biden in May to succeed Martin J. Oberman as Surface Transportation Board (STB) chairperson, last week scheduled a public hearing in Washington for Sept.
STB to Prepare EIS for Proposed Eagle Pass Rail Line (UPDATED)
The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis on March 29 issued a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in connection with Green Eagle Railroad, LLC’s (GER) proposed construction and operation of an approximately 1.335-mile rail line in Maverick County, Tex., extending from the southern border of the United States and connecting to Union Pacific (UP) at approximately milepost 31 on the Eagle Pass Subdivision. The alternative routes to be analyzed were released July 8.
3i/Regional Rail Acquiring CCET (UPDATED July 3)
Cincinnati Eastern Railroad (CCET) has been added to the portfolio of Regional Rail, a Kennett Square, Pa.-based short line holding company backed by 3i. Class III CCET had leased approximately 69.45 miles of rail
Shenandoah Seeks Qualified Operator of Existing NS ‘B Line’
The Northern Shenandoah Valley Transportation Preservation Corporation (Shenandoah), in partnership with the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Historic District, has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a professional, qualified rail operator for the
STB Sets 3Q24 Rail Cost Adjustment Factor
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has adopted for third-quarter 2024 the rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF), defined as “an index formulated to represent changes in railroad costs incurred by the nation’s largest railroads over a specified period of time.”
Filed: Latest Progress Report on Amtrak Gulf Coast Service (UPDATED 6/20)
What’s the status of the proposed Amtrak service between New Orleans, La., and Mobile, Ala.? Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS), and Alabama State Port Authority and its common carrier operating division, Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks, on June
STB Releases Final EA for Proposed Suffolk County, N.Y. Rail Line
The Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed construction and operation of Townline Rail Terminal’s new rail line in Suffolk County, N.Y., was issued June 7 by the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis. The Board will now consider the transportation merits of the proposal and the entire environmental record as part of its final decision.
BLET Members Ratify New Implementing Agreement
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) members have voted in favor of an implementing agreement regarding CN’s proposed acquisition of Iowa Northern, the union reported in the May 31 edition of