If a transcontinental rail merger is proposed — as has been a subject of speculation in recent months — it would be up to the ...

STB says the Kansas City Southern Railway Company can transport grain using Union Pacific Railroad Company tracks between ...

A federal appeals court has thrown out a rule that gave shippers with poor rail service access to a second railroad.

As the proverb provides, “Be careful for what you wish,” as wishes sometimes deliver unintended consequences. Railroads may have experienced a wishes backfire July 8 when the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of ...

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on July 7 announced a decision confirming the Kansas City Southern Railway Company’s ...

The operator of a pair of Midwest power plants wants $22 million from BNSF Railway, according to recent documents filed with ...

DENVER — Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick Fuchs says he is transforming the regulatory agency into a more efficient body that will help support competition and growth for railroads.

NCTD initially filed the petition Aug. 28, 2020, with the federal board, and then in early 2021 suspended it to work on an agreement with Del Mar and the California Coastal Commission.

Following confirmation by the United State Senate in November, the Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving ...

The Washington, D.C.-based Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and ...

A U.S. Surface Transportation Board draft environmental assessment has given a thumbs-up for the proposed Pecos Industrial Rail Access and Train Extension (PIRATE), a 6-mile east-west freight line ...

The federal Surface Transportation Board approved the rail line in 2021, after a lengthy environmental review of the potential effects on air pollution, wetlands, wildlife, and more.