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[ April 18, 2025 ] San Joaquin Valley Railroad to Continue Leasing 101.5 Miles of Rail From Union Pacific Short Line/Regional
[ April 17, 2025 ] NJ Transit Locomotive Engineers Reject Tentative Contract Commuter Rail
[ April 17, 2025 ] Class III Carrier Files to Extend Trackage Rights Agreement in Oklahoma, Texas BNSF
[ April 17, 2025 ] CSX Files to Abandon 7.5-Mile Rail Line in Bergen County, New Jersey, and Rockland County, New York CSX
[ April 16, 2025 ] CSX Reports Lower First Quarter 2025 Operating Income CSX

STB Approves CSX’s Application to Acquire Pan Am Railways

April 14, 2022 Railfanning.org News Wire

CSX said it will move forward with the acquisition with a planned closing date of June 1.

STB Approves Sale of Rail Lines in Wisconsin and Michigan

December 21, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has approved CN’s sale to Watco of non-core lines and assets on approximately 650 miles of branch lines of Wisconsin Central Ltd. in Wisconsin and Michigan.

STB Accepts CP-KCS Merger Application as Complete

November 29, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Surface Transportation Board has accepted the joint CP-KCS merger application as complete.

KCS Terminates Merger Plan With CN

September 15, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

Kansas City Southern has terminated its plan to merge with CN.

Kansas City Southern Board: Proposal From Canadian Pacific Railway Could Reasonably Be Expected to Lead to ‘Superior Proposal’

September 5, 2021 Business Wire

KCS intends to provide CP with nonpublic information and to engage in discussions and negotiations with CP with respect to CP’s proposal, subject in each case to the requirements of the CN merger agreement.

STB Rules Against Voting Trust Agreement in Canadian National-Kansas City Merger

September 1, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Surface Transportation Board rejected the use of a voting trust agreement to advance the proposed Canadian National Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway merger, striking a potential blow to the agreement.

Canadian Pacific Sends Unsolicited Proposal to Acquire Kansas City Southern

August 11, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

Canadian Pacific Railway has sent an unsolicited proposal to acquire Kansas City Southern.

DeFazio Opposes Proposed Canadian National-Kansas City Southern Merger

July 26, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, sent a letter to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) opposing the approval of a trust for the proposed merger of the Canadian National (CN) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) railroads.

Railroad Industry Worried About Biden Executive Order

July 20, 2021 The Center Square

An executive order signed by President Joe Biden that could force railroads to allow other operators to use their tracks could reduce competition and increase costs, according to industry experts.

CSX Submits Expanded Application to STB as Part of Pan Am Acquisition

July 2, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

CSX Corp. will submit an amended and supplemented application to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) as part of the previously announced agreement to acquire New England’s Pan Am Railway’s Inc.