The U.S. Surface Transportation Board proposed a rule change that aims to bring immediate relief for shippers facing poor rail service, asserting that the agency can take emergency action on its own to address delays.
April 22, 2022freight rail
Government, Business, Logistics 
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STB Proposes Emergency Action to Keep Rail Freight Moving
A Kansas City Southern train. (Doug Wertman/Flickr) Government, Business, Logistics 
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Senators Laud Freight Rail Industry
Luke Sharrett/BloombergAs they advocated for additional emergency aid for transportation stakeholders, the leadership of a Senate committee touted freight railroads’ role during the coronavirus pandemic.
October 22, 2020 Business, TCA 
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Energy Group Joins Shippers Alleging Price Fixing in Rail Transport
Ken James/BloombergTotal Petrochemicals & Refining USA is the latest big freight shipper to accuse the four biggest U.S. railroads of price fixing by adding fuel surcharges to cargo prices.
January 6, 2020 Government, Business, Logistics, TCA 
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Pennsylvania Freight Rail Track Gets $700,000 for Rehabilitation
Getty ImagesThe Pennsylvania Department of Transportation awarded $700,000 to Pittsburgh Intermodal Terminals Inc. to improve about 1 mile of freight rail track to bolster operations and generate jobs in Beaver County.
December 13, 2019 Business 
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Freight Rail Growth Slows Due to Competition From Trucking
Luke Sharrett/BloombergGrowth in rail freight has been hampered this year by competition from trucking, in part driven by trucking’s falling rates and extra capacity.
December 5, 2019 Government, Business, Technology 
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Analysis: US Railroad System Is Great for Freight
Amtrak's California Zephyr passes a Union Pacific train in Green River, Utah. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)The U.S. freight rail system is arguably the best and most efficient in the world.
December 2, 2019 Business, Logistics 
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With Capacity to Spare, Railroads Have an Eye on Truck Cargo
Luke Sharrett/BloombergRail officials acknowledged on their third-quarter financial calls they have extra capacity to move goods because they are not carrying as much freight as they did in 2017 and 2018, when the economy was roaring.
October 28, 2019 Government, Business, Logistics 
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FRA Awards Grant to Georgia Central Railway
Georgia Central Railway by Robert ReynoldsDublin, Ga., has earned $8 million in grants for improvements to its rail infrastructure. A $4 million grant from the Federal Railroad Association was given to the city through its Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Program, which was matched by the Georgia Central Railway.
July 1, 2019 Business, Logistics 
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Union Pacific, CSX, Reflect Solid Economic Growth
Union Pacific Train (Nati Harnik/Associated Press)OMAHA, Neb. — The economy appears strong to the major freight railroads that haul the products and raw materials companies rely on, but the lingering trade disputes could derail business if they continue.
January 24, 2019 Business, Logistics 
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Controversial Proposal for $8 Billion Private Freight Rail to Bypass Congested Chicago
stantontcady/Flickr CHICAGO — The managing partner of Great Lakes Basin Transportation was in familiar surroundings June 15 as he promoted his idea to build a freight railroad from the LaPorte area to southeast Wisconsin, circling Chicago to serve as a bypass around that congested city.
June 20, 2016