STB

(Source: Progressive Railroading 09/29/2020) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) last week denied Metra‘s request for a declaratory order and a petition for preliminary injunction on issues related to its ongoing dispute with Union Pacific Railroad over Chicago-area commuter-rail service. The STB declined to issue the declaratory order on issues already pending before a district court that declined to refer those…

(Source: Progressive Railroading 04/07/2020) The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) yesterday authorized CN subsidiary Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Co.’s (B&LE) acquisition and operation of the Massena rail lines from CSX. CN announced in August 2019 it signed an agreement to acquire the 236-mile Massena lines, which operate between Valleyfield, Quebec, and Woodard, New York. The B&LE will operate the line. More…

(Source: Progressive Railroading 11/13/19) The Association of American Railroads (AAR) yesterday called on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to withdraw its “fatally flawed” proposed rate review rule. In comments filed with the board, AAR officials said the proposed rule is unlawful. “The STB’s Final Offer Rate Review proposed rule is fatally flawed and exceeds the agency’s authority in determining rate reasonableness,”…

(Source: Progressive Railroading 04/08/2019) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has opened a rule-making proceeding in response to a petition from the American Chemistry Council to amend the board’s railroad performance data reporting rules. In a filing last week, the STB stated that by opening the proceeding, it is not ruling on the petition’s merits but is seeking more information about several…