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Surface Transportation Board seeks input on first and last mile
The agency is seeking comments from freight railroads on whether it should collect data pertaining to first- and last-mile movements.
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Grain shippers seek fluid network in and out of Pacific Northwest
As fall harvest nears, grain shippers and freight railroads are taking steps to ensure network fluidity for export-bound grain trains in and out of the…
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The itch to switch: Railroad swapping in Canada vs. the US
Both Canada and the U.S. have provisions that allow for reciprocal switching, or interswitching. But rail shippers’ ability to participate in the program differs in…
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Rail Roundup: Train crews, shippers’ views, shareholders choose
SMART-TD must negotiate with Class I railroads on train crew size; Rail Customer Coalition calls on STB to take up reciprocal switching; ASLRRA praises progress…
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Biden order charges STB to examine rail competition
President Joe Biden’s order last week calls upon the Surface Transportation Board to examine hot topics among rail shippers, including reciprocal switching. The challenge will…
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Shippers want STB to clarify what it wants from merger applicants
Canadian Pacific and CN note the end of the public comment period for CN’s proposed voting trust, which would be used to acquire Kansas City…
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Chemicals shippers relay rail service woes to regulators
The American Chemistry Council wants the Surface Transportation Board to look into whether operational changes and cost cutting exacerbated the rail service issues that chemicals…
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Stakeholders gear up for next round in CN-KCS merger process
A trio of shippers groups, CN, Kansas City Southern and Canadian Pacific offer their takes on whether the voting trust associated with the proposed CN-KCS…
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STB presses Class I railroads for workforce, equipment input
The rail regulatory body sent several letters to Class I railroad heads last week, asking them to provide plans on how they expect to handle…
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Regulators say older merger rules apply to Kansas City Southern
The Surface Transportation Board has determined that a waiver that exempted Kansas City Southern from post-2001 merger rules governing rail mergers applies in the proposed…
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