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STB seeks comments on, industry reps react to UP-NS merger app
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Pinsly leader Ratledge becomes small railroad rep on STB advisory council
Chemical manufacturers express rail merger concerns in letter to Trump
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BNSF calls on shippers to speak out on UP-NS deal
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Union Pacific proposes constructing new rail line for polymer plant in Texas
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STB Chair Fuchs provides update on pending procedures
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Georgiana & Andalusia Railroad files STB notice to operate 2 Alabama rail lines
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Kloster nominated, Schultz renominated to STB
STB grants Metra trackage rights over 3 Union Pacific rail lines
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Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway to be sold to FTAI
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Supreme Court rules in favor of STB decision to OK Uinta Basin Railway
STB environmental office issues final analysis of Georgia rail line
Union Pacific pushes for settlement on Metra rail line use
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Portland & Western to acquire rail line from Port of Tillamook Bay
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STB: Short line may lease, operate certain Union Pacific lines in Oregon
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Norfolk Southern's proposed takeover of port rail line requires further review, STB says
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