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Rail Leaders Warn of Consequences to Too Much Regulation

July 27, 2015 Railfanning.org News Wire

Too many regulations would have a major impact on the railroad industry’s ability to sustain private investment to build, maintain and upgrade the nation’s 140,000-mile rail network.

Norfolk Southern Buying Rail Line from Delaware & Hudson

November 27, 2014 Railfanning.org News Wire

Norfolk Southern Corp. is acquiring from the Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. (D&H), a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway, 282.55 miles of rail line between Sunbury, Pa., and Schenectady, N.Y., in a $217 million sale.

CSX Urges STB to Reject Switching Plan

March 30, 2014 Railfanning.org News Wire

CSX Transportation is opposing a proposal before the Surface Transportation Board (STB) the railroad says would create unpredictable traffic flows, reduce high levels of customer service achieved over the past few years, and diminish the company’s incentive to keep investing at record levels in critically needed transportation infrastructure.

STB: Ruling to Provide Greater Access to Processes

July 7, 2011 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON — In an action officials say will provide greater public access to its processes, the Surface Transportation Board announced that it is reducing the fee charged shippers to file a railroad rate or unreasonable practice complaint from $20,000 to $350, and is maintaining the $150 fee to file an expedited small rate case.

Begeman Sworn in as STB Member

May 2, 2011 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON — Ann D. Begeman was sworn in May 2, 2011 as a member of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, bringing two decades of experience in transportation policy to the Board.

STB Schedules Arguments for Two Cases

April 7, 2011 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board will hear two oral arguments on May 12 at its Washington headquarters.

CN: Disappointed in Court Decision on EJ&E Grade Separation Projects

March 15, 2011 Railfanning.org News Wire

CHICAGO — CN expressed disappointment with the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Washington, D.C. denying the company’s request to reverse the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) order requiring the railroad pay for the majority of the costs associated with two highway grade separation projects. In its Dec. 24, 2008 decision approving CN’s acquisition of the principal portion of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company (EJ&E), the STB ordered CN to pay 67 percent of the cost for a grade separation at Ogden Avenue in Aurora, Ill., and 78.5 percent of a separation at Lincoln Highway in Lynwood,

STB Issues Supplemental Draft EIS for R.J. Corman Line in Penn.

March 4, 2011 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board said its Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) has issued a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the R. J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines Inc.’s (RJCP) proposed construction, operation, and reactivation of a 20-mile railroad line between Wallaceton and Gorton, in Clearfield and Centre Counties, Penn.

Nottingham: Last Day March 18

March 1, 2011 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON — Surface Transportation Board Vice Chairman Charles D. Nottingham announced he will resign March 18, or sooner if his replacement is confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

STB Lowers Filing Fees

February 15, 2011 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Surface Transportation Board said it has moved to significantly reduce filing fees for shipper complaints to $350. Currently, shippers are charged as much as $20,600 to file a complaint. The proposed rulemaking, approved by the STB, would implement a new fee schedule that would charge shippers $350 to file a rate or unreasonable practice complaint. The fee to file an expedited small rate case would remain $150. “Charging a small business more than $20,000 to bring a complaint is not right,’’ said STB Chairman Daniel R. Elliott III. “I am afraid that some meritorious cases were discouraged by the high filing fees.” Elliott said that while the new