M&A

U.S. Steel sells Transtar short lines to Fortress »

KEYWORDS: United States Steel Corp., Transtar, Gary Railway Co., Lake Terminal Railroad Co., Union Railroad Co., Fairfield Southern Co. Inc., Delray Connecting Railroad Co., Texas & Northern Railroad Co.

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Kansas City Southern

STB sets timetable for CN-KCS voting trust review »

KEYWORDS: Surface Transportation Board, STB, voting trust review schedule, CN, Kansas City Southern, proposed merger, Canadian Pacific

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People

Feinberg nominated to chair MTA, Lieber named CEO »

KEYWORDS: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Sarah Feinberg, MTA Board Chair, Janno Lieber New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)

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Federal Legislation & Regulation

BLET backs INVEST Act's two-person crew, 'pro rail-worker' measures »

KEYWORDS: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, INVEST Act, two-person train crews

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Union Pacific Railroad

UP service unit cuts reportable injuries by 25% »

KEYWORDS: Union Pacific, Heartland Service Unit , personal reportable injuries, safety, Ryan Curtis, superintendent-Train Operations.

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Intermodal

SC Ports logs record May for containers »

KEYWORDS: South Carolina (SC) Ports, Port of Charleston, record volumes, Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal, Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal

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Passenger Rail

APTA solicits comments on transit-industry standards »