RSI Archive

Shippers can seek Federal regulatory relief when they believe a carrier is not providing them with legally reasonable rail freight rates. In 2014 the Surface Transportation Board (STB) commissioned a study for an independent assessment of the Board’s stand-alone cost (SAC) rate reasonableness methodology. The STB released the report on September 22, 2016. The research […]

Industry Volume Data As the month of August has officially come to a close, we are able to analyze some monthly metrics as reported by the Railroads.  All Class I, North American Railroads are required to submit monthly metrics to the STB.  A common metric that is involved in this data reporting is Trains Delayed.  This type […]