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To be competitive and profitable, agricultural producers across the country are focusing on their cost of production, managing margins, and being forward-thinking on their grain and livestock marketing. In Iowa,…

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on May 23 published the annual deflator factor and inflation-adjusted railroad revenue thresholds for 2023.

Surface Transportation Board (STB) member Patrick J. Fuchs, a Republican, was Senate-confirmed by voice vote May 14 to a second five-year term, while Democrat Jennifer Esposito Homendy was similarly confirmed…

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is seeking nominations to fill a small-railroad representative vacancy on its Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (RSTAC).

As Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Martin J. Oberman’s retirement took effect May 10, the Board reported that President Joseph R. Biden Jr. intended to designate Board Member Robert E.…

Twin Cities & Western Railroad (TC&W) appoints Victor (Vic) Meyers as President. Also, Adrian Granda joins Port of Long Beach (POLB), Calif., as Director of Government Relations; William (Bill) Dengler…

Where does the proposed Amtrak service between New Orleans, La., and Mobile, Ala., stand? Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS), and Alabama State Port Authority and its common carrier operating division, Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks,…

The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis on May 3 issued a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for CSX Transportation’s request to acquire and operate the assets comprising the…

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on April 30 reported adopting Reciprocal Switching for Inadequate Service, STB Docket No. EP 711 (Sub-No. 2), by unanimous vote, implementing new regulations at 49 CFR part…

In a category 5 hurricane force stunning announcement, Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairperson Martin J. Oberman announced late on Nov 16 that he will not seek renomination to a second…

The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) declined April 15 to hear Norfolk Southern’s challenge to a 2022 Surface Transportation Board ruling (Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Surface Transportation Board et al., case…

The Surface Transportation Board in Docket No. EP 689 (Sub No. 15) (download below) has published the  2019-2022 RSAM (Revenue Shortfall Allocation Methodology) and R/VC>180 (Revenue-to-Variable Cost Greater than 180%)…

WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE APRIL 2024 ISSUE: With the voluntary departure of Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairperson Martin J. Oberman expected by May, President Biden is mulling five potential Democratic…

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on March 28 named 21 voting members to the newly formed Passenger Rail Advisory Committee (PRAC).

In separate rulings, the Surface Transportation Board denied Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s petition seeking reconsideration of the Board’s prior decision to classify CN’s acquisition of Iowa Northern a “minor transaction”;…

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has adopted for second-quarter 2024 the rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF), defined as “an index formulated to represent changes in railroad costs incurred by the…

Norfolk Southern’s (NS) proposed purchase of the approximately 337-mile, city of Cincinnati-owned Cincinnati Southern Railway (CSR) was approved by city voters on Nov. 7, 2023, and finalized March 15, 2024.

The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) on March 18 issued a Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) for CSX Transportation’s (CSXT) request to acquire and operate the…

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on March 14 announced that it has denied a motion for protective order filed by Union Pacific (UP) to keep certain required, temporary employment data…

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on March 12 announced that it has appointed Ryan Dreier to its Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (RSTAC) as a large railroad representative.