Dive Brief: In the face of complaints from two major shippers, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) is requesting status reports from six railroads: BNSF, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific. Automotive and Feed & Grain associations have expressed “serious similar concerns about the reliability of the nation’s freight railroad network,” STB tells the railroads. […]
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STB communicates concern over service issues to Class I railroads
Railroad service issues once again have the attention of the Department of Transportation’s Surface Transportation Board (STB), with STB Acting Chairman Ann Begeman and Vice Chairman Deb Miller penning letters to the top executives at the seven North American Class I railroads, requesting each carrier’s service outlook for both the near term and the rest […]