The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) on April 11 issued a Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) for Savannah Industrial Logistics (SIL) and Savannah Industrial Transportation’s (SIT) construction and operation of an 11,404-foot rail line in Effingham County, Ga. SIL and SIT are both holdings of OmniTRAX.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on April 8 reported authorizing Genesee & Wyoming’s Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad Inc. (CORP) to lease and operate approximately 27.58 miles of line in Eugene, Ore.,
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has adopted for second-quarter 2025 the rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF), which is defined as “an index formulated to represent changes in railroad costs incurred by the nation’s largest railroads over a specified period of time.”
The Passenger Rail Advisory Committee (PRAC), formed in fall 2024 under the Surface Transportation Board (STB), is an exciting development for the future of passenger rail in the United States. The committee, comprised
Will the President of the United States this week or next fire one or both of the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) two Democratic members? Will Democrats Karen J. Hedlund and Robert E.
Surface Transportation Board has elected to end litigation on the its Final Offer Rate Review (FORR) rule. Chairman Patrick Fuchs said on March 14 he will propose action for the full Board
Union Pacific (UP) has placed Metra’s regional/commuter rail service in Chicagoland “at risk by demanding” that it pay “economically unreasonable and monopolistic rates to continue using the UP Lines for its public service,” Metra wrote in a Surface Transportation Board (STB) application for terminal trackage rights that was submitted March 7.
WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2025 ISSUE: Amidst the societal chaos midst the societal chaos unleashed on official Washington by POTUS 47, a point of light is his choice of six-year STB veteran Patrick J. Fuchs, age 37, to chair the independent (from Executive Branch) Surface Transportation Board (STB), whose five members are Senate confirmed with the President selecting one to control the docket.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Feb. 28 presented its calculation for the change in railroad productivity for the 2019-2023 averaging period. Comments are due by March 17.
CN and Iowa Northern Railway Company (IANR) on March 1 officially joined their operations, following Surface Transportation Board (STB) approval earlier this year.