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The confirmation of Robert Primus and Michelle Schultz as STB members marks the first time since the 2015 reauthorization that the STB will have a full slate of five members.

Union Pacific has opened the Union Pacific Twin Cities Intermodal Terminal, and the railroad is launching intermodal service to Minneapolis in January 2021.

As of Sept. 30, 2020, positive train control (PTC) is in operation or revenue service demonstration (RSD) on 99.6 percent of the 57,537 route miles subject to the federal mandate, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) said.