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Wabtec to reduce headcount as rail industry copes with lower volumes
The rail equipment and technology provider is one of many companies that have laid off or furloughed employees because of the lower-volume environment exacerbated by…
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Staggers Act settles a bit uneasily onto cusp of middle age
Rail reform law faces backlash from pro-regulation forces; tragic mistake to reverse course, former DOT secretary says.
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Freight rail shippers press STB to consider additional data requirements
A rail shippers coalition continues efforts to ask the Surface Transportation Board to consider collecting first-mile and last-mile data.
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Freight rail advocacy group to STB: Keep rail regulation ‘balanced’
GoRail sent a letter on the 40th anniversary of the Staggers Act telling the Surface Transportation Board not to make wholesale changes to rail regulation.…
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FreightWaves LIVE: Events Podcast
Cargill urging regulators to seek last-mile metrics from railroads (with video)
Brad Hildebrand discussed Cargill’s reliance on dependable rail service during FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit.
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Surface Transportation Board seeks input on class exemption methods
The independent federal rail agency is looking at the market factors determining exemption from board oversight. The board also separately declared five Class I railroads…
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Grain shippers brace for tight rail market
A bountiful harvest, anticipated surge in export volumes as well as wild card factors could test U.S. rail network capacity post-PSR.
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Commentary: Railway insight from New England
Changes with significant impact on rail customers are taking place across New England.
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Class I railroads, shippers alike weigh in on federal agencies’ feedback request
The Class I railroads update agencies on service issues; shippers use the opportunity to ask for data collection on first-mile and last-mile movements.
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Surface Transportation Board adopts rule to improve data collected from freight railroads
The Board is modifying what data it collects from the waybill samples of the U.S. freight railroads.
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