The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Dec. 20 extended the Class I’s employment-data reporting through Dec. 31, 2025, but is reducing the collection scope. On April 26-27, 2022, the STB held a public hearing
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has adopted for first-quarter 2025 the rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF), which is defined as “an index formulated to represent changes in railroad costs incurred by the
The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 10 heard oral arguments in a case centering on the halted Uinta Basin Railway project in northeastern Utah and challenging the scope of the National Environmental Policy
Class III rail carrier Midcoast Railservice, Inc. (Midcoast), a subsidiary of New York-based Finger Lakes Railway Corp., on Aug. 16 filed with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) a petition under 49 U.S.C.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has issued a decision in Union Pacific Railroad Company—Construction and Operation Exemption—in Maricopa County, Ariz., Docket No. FD 36501, in which the railroad petitioned the Board for an exemption
You’ve heard the saying, “Politics Make Strange Bedfellows.” It’s a line from The Tempest, written by Shakespeare in the 17th Century. It means that politics can bring people together that don’t have anything else
Utah’s Seven County Infrastructure Coalition in March petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court’s decision that “derailed” the Uinta Basin Railway project, according to Colorado Newsline. On June 24, SCOTUS decided to review one aspect
The Oklahoma & Kansas Railroad, LLC (OKRL), a subsidiary of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, LCC (Rock Island), will lease and operate approximately 37.26 miles of rail line owned by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (OKDOT) and Blackwell Industrial Authority (BIA), according to the Surface Transportation Board (STB), which has approved the transaction.
The landmark Surface Transportation Board (STB) hearing on U.S. freight rail industry growth, at which I was privileged to be one of the speakers, was a unique opportunity to listen a diverse
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has adopted for fourth-quarter 2024 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.”