Railroads Deny Retaliation After Strong Warning from STB Chair

Earlier this week, Robert Primus, Chairman of the Washington, D.C.-based Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers, did not mince words in a statement addressing railroad retaliation by railroad carriers.

This retaliation, according to Primus, is focused on shippers and other industry stakeholders who participate in the STB’s regulatory proceedings.

“In recent years, I have been advised of actual or threatened retaliation by railroads against stakeholders that provide the Board wit…