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U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kans.) on June 18 reintroduced the Reliable Rail Service Act to clarify the railroads’ common carrier obligation and to establish specific criteria…

We hosted a call with former Surface Transportation Board Chair Daniel R. Elliott III to discuss rail M&A. An East-West consolidation remains an uphill battle—he gave it a 20%-25% chance—and…

The Surface Transportation Board has published and is providing the public an opportunity to comment on the 2024 weighted average state tax rates for each U.S. Class I railroad, as…

Five initial recommendations for streamlining Surface Transportation Board (STB) processes and procedures have been garnered from recent Board-led listening sessions with legal practitioners, STB reported June 10.

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on May 12 reported the appointment of three senior advisors to Chairman Patrick J. Fuchs “to help drive reforms.”

Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Patrick Fuchs on May 5 provided an update on recent actions to “facilitate and expedite the resolution of several outstanding Board proceedings.” They are as…

Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Patrich Fuchs on May 1 announced that he has designated Vice Chairman Michelle Schultz to lead a series of informal listening sessions with attorneys who…

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Jan. 15 issued a nearly decade-long-delayed decision concluding that “there is no basis to hold that Union Pacific (UP) acted unlawfully in how it…

In a rare event, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) is expected to return to the U.S. Treasury in October a portion of its congressionally appropriated fiscal year 2024-2025 budget. The…

Railway Age’s third-annual “Young Professionals” conference—the industry’s only free event tailored to helping young railroaders advance their careers—will include speakers from across the freight and passenger sectors, including recipients of our 25…

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)…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.