The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on July 11 reported that the standard has been met for initiating an investigation into the on-time performance of Amtrak’s Sunset Limited long-distance service between New Orleans
Regarding to Surface Transportation Board docket Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service, EP 770; Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service—Railroad Reporting, EP 770-1, some rail labor unions have been providing STB (as
Pennsylvania & Southern Railway (PSCC), part of the Rail Enterprise Group, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to purchase approximately 25 miles of rail line and associated
U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kans.) on June 28 reintroduced the Reliable Rail Service Act to clarify the railroads’ common carrier obligation and establish specific criteria for the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to consider when evaluating whether that obligation is being met. They said it would “give shippers much-needed certainty that is currently lacking.”
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has published the annual deflator factor and inflation-adjusted railroad revenue thresholds for 2022.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on June 23 issued a preliminary injunction requiring BNSF this year to transport 4.2 million tons of coal from Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC’s (NTEC) Spring Creek Mine in Big Horn County, Mont., to the Westshore Terminals export facility in British Columbia, Canada. The mine is solely served by BNSF. STB is also requiring the Class I to transport an additional one million tons this year as trainsets and crews become available. Railway Age Capitol Hill Contributing Editor Frank N. Wilner weighs in.
“As we round out June and officially head into summer, I’m encouraged by the progress the team has made to provide a better customer experience for you,” Union Pacific (UP) Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales Kenny Rocker told customers in a June 20 railroad status report. “The network continues to remain fluid as we build upon the service improvements that we’ve made over the past couple of months. Car velocity across the network has exceeded 200 miles per day for the ninth consecutive week, driving better on-time performance for you.”
Dover & Delaware River Railroad (DDRR) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to amend its existing lease with Norfolk Southern (NS) and existing trackage rights agreement with NS and New Jersey Transit that will allow continued operation over 107.9 miles of rail line in New Jersey.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has adopted for third-quarter 2023 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.”
Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman on June 16 responded to a May 31 Association of American Railroads (AAR) letter complaining that discussions at the RETAC (Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee (RETAC) Spring