While it is impossible to summarize the rail industry’s year in a single article, there were certain key stories and themes ...
A federal court has tossed out the Surface Transportation Board’s 2024 reciprocal switching rule that would have allowed shippers who suffer from inadequate rail service to gain access to a second ...
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 ...
Following a cancellation last fall due to the federal government shutdown, the Department of Transportation’s Surface Transportation Board (STB) said this week it has rescheduled its public hearing ...
Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific filed paperwork Friday and are now making their case to federal regulators to approve a ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) today announced that its railcar switching subsidiary, Rail Link, Inc., has secured five new contracts across the U.S. since September ...
The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution states, in part: “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be ...
In late July, the Department of Justice took up a cause it hadn’t touched since the late 1970s: It sued a freight railroad for delaying Amtrak trains. In the lawsuit, the DOJ alleges that on tracks ...
Decarbonizing diesel-powered locomotives, one of the Biden administration’s climate policy goals, will require major investments in a fleet of engines using an as-yet undetermined alternative power ...
Written by Alex Scott, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Gerald T. Niedert Professor, Haslam College of Business Transportation is among the major ...