Date   Subject
10/25/2016Economic Roundtable Discussion: Issues, Conclusions of Independent Study (the “InterVISTAS study”) on Railroad Rate-Case Methodologies.

Note: Due to audio difficulties, Chairman Elliott’s introductory remarks cannot be heard. The remainder of the video functions normally.
09/07/2016Technical Workshop - Review of the General Purpose Costing System
07/23/2015Public Hearing, Petition of the Western Coal Traffic League to Institute a Rulemaking Proceeding to Abolish the Use of the Multi-Stage Discounted Cash Flow Model in Determining the Railroad Industry's Cost of Equity Capital, Docket No. EP 664 (Sub-No. 2)
07/22/2015Public Hearing, Railroad Revenue Adequacy, EP 722
06/10/201506/10/2015 Public Hearing: Rail Transportation of Grain, Rate Regulation Review, Docket No. EP 665 (Sub-No. 1)
09/04/2014Public Field Hearing (Fargo, N.D.): United States Rail Service Issues, Docket No. EP 724(VIDEO: please download file review.)
04/10/2014Public Hearing: United States Rail Service Issues,EP 724
03/26/2014Public Hearing: Petition for Rulemaking to Adopt Revised Competitive Switching Rules, EP 711 (second of two
sessions)
03/25/2014Public Hearing: Petition for Rulemaking to Adopt Revised Competitive Switching
Rules, EP 711 (first of two sessions)
11/14/2013Oral Argument: Intermountain Power Agency v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, NOR 42136 (AUDIO: MP3)
01/15/2013Oral Argument: Union Pacific Corporation, Union Pacific Railroad Company and Missouri Pacific Railroad Company--
Control and Merger--Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern
Railway Company, SPCSL Corp., and The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, Docket No. FD 32760
10/01/2012MARCH 22, 2012 -FD-35506-IN THE MATTER OF: WESTERN COAL TRAFFIC LEAGUE- PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER and MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY (PDF and WPD format).
08/02/2012Public Hearing: Assessment of Mediation and Arbitration Procedures, EP 699. (VIDEO: please download file review.)

03/22/2012Oral Argument: Docket No 42131 "Western Coal Traffic League--Petition for Declaratory Order," Docket No. 35506 (re Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. acquisition of BNSF Railway Co.)
01/17/2012Oral Argument: STB Docket No. NOR 42131, Canexus Chemicals Canada L.P. v. BNSF Railway Company Complete Transcript
10/25/2011Oral Argument: "AG Processing Inc A Cooperative--Petition for Declaratory Order Institute Proceeding and Hold Oral Argument," Docket No. FD 35387 (VIDEO: please download file review.)
06/23/2011Public Hearing: "Competition in the Railroad Industry," Docket No. EP 705 (VIDEO: please download file review.)
06/22/2011Public Hearing: "Competition in the Railroad Industry," Docket No. EP 705 (VIDEO: please download file review.)
05/12/2011Oral Argument: " 'Canadian National/Grand Trunk'--Control--'Illinois Central/Chicago, Central & Pacific/Cedar River' (Arbitration Review)," Docket No. FD 33556 (Sub-No. 5); " 'GNP'--Acquisition Exemption--Redmond Spur & Woodinville Subdivision, " Docket No. FD 35407; " 'BNSF'--Abandonment Exemption--in King Co., Wash., " Docket No. AB 6 (Sub-No. 463X); and " 'BNSF'--Abandonment Exemption--in King Co., Wash., " Docket No. AB 6 (Sub-No. 465X); (VIDEO: please download file review.)
02/24/2011Public Hearing: "Review of Commodity, Boxcar, and TOFC/COFC Exemptions," Docket No. EP 704 (VIDEO: please download file review.)
11/30/2010Oral Argument: State of Montana v. BNSF Railway Company, Docket No. 42124 (VIDEO: please download file review.)
10/26/2010Oral Argument: Entergy Arkansas, Inc., and Entergy Services, Inc. v. Union Pacific Railroad and Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad and BNSF Railway, NOR 42104 (VIDEO: please download file review.)
09/28/2010Oral Argument: Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., v. BNSF Railway & Union Pacific Railroad, Docket No. NOR 42113. (VIDEO: please download file review.)
07/29/2010Public Hearing on Case Involving Coal-Dust Issue (Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation--Petition for Declaratory Order, Docket No. FD 35305)(VIDEO: please download file review.)
07/07/2010Public Hearing: Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, Ltd.--Discontinuance of Service and Abandonment--In Aroostook and Penobscot Counties, ME, Docket No. AB-1043 (Sub-No. 1). (VIDEO: please download file to review.)
06/30/2010Oral Argument: Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. CSX Transportation, Inc., Docket No. NOR 42110 (VIDEO: please download file to review.)
04/28/2010Public Hearing: "Canadian National Railway Company and Grand Trunk Corporation--Control--EJ&E West Company," STB Finance Docket No. 35087 (VIDEO: please download file to review.)
04/27/2010Oral Argument: "Stagecoach Group PLC and Coach USA, Inc. et al.--Acquisition of Control--Twin America LLC, STB Docket No. MCF-21035(VIDEO: please download file to review.)
03/24/2010STB Ex Parte No. 693 Oral Argument: West Point Relocation, Inc. and Eli Cohen--Petition for Declaratory Order, STB Finance Docket No. 35290. (VIDEO: please download file to review.)
01/26/2010STB Ex Parte No. 693 Oral Argument: San Benito Railroad LLC--Acquisition Exemption--Certain Assets of Union Pacific Railroad Company, STB Finance Docket No. 35225; and Allegheny Valley Railroad Company--Petition for Declaratory Order, STB Finance Docket No. 35239)(VIDEO: please download file to review.)
11/23/2009Oral argument: "US Magnesium, L.L.C. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company," STB Docket No. 42114. (VIDEO: please download file to review.)
10/27/2009Oral argument: "Entergy Arkansas, Inc. and Entergy Services, Inc. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company and Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad Company, Inc.," STB Finance Docket No. 42104, and "DesertXpress Enterprises, LLC--Petition for Declaratory Order," STB Finance Docket No. 34914 (VIDEO: please download file to view)
Show details for 07/08/200907/08/2009Twenty-Five Years of Rail Banking: A Review and Look Ahead, STB Ex Parte No. 690 (VIDEO:Please download file to view)
Show details for 04/30/200904/30/2009Review of the Surface Transportation Board's General Purpose Costing System, STB Ex Parte No. 431 (Sub-No. 3) (VIDEO:Please download file to view)
02/11/2009Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008, STB Ex Parte No. 683 (VIDEO:Please download file to view)
12/04/200812/4/2008: Public Meeting Concerning United States Department of Energy--Rail Construction and Operation--Caliente Rail Line in Lincoln, Nye, and Esmeralda Counties, NV, STB Finance Docket No. 35106. (VIDEO). Please download video attachment and view from your computer.
11/18/2008Public Meeting Concerning the Environmental Impact Statement Now Being Prepared in Canadian National Railway Company and Grand Trunk Corporation--Control--EJ&E West Company, STB Finance Docket No. 35087 (VIDEO)
11/06/2008Public Meeting to Discuss Christensen Associates' Study of Competition in the Freight-Railroad Industry (VIDEO)
08/21/2008Public Hearing: “Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, Inc.— Abandonment and Discontinuance of Service—in Coos, Douglas, and Lane Counties, OR,” STB Docket No. AB-515 (Sub-No.2), and “Oregon International Port of Coos Bay—Feeder Line Application—Coos Bay Line of the Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, Inc.,” STB Finance Docket No. 35160 ( VIDEO)
07/22/2008Public Hearing: "Common Carrier Obligation of Railroads--Transportation of Hazardous Materials," STB Ex Parte No. 677 (Sub-No. 1) (VIDEO)
04/25/2008Public Hearing: "Common Carrier Obligation of Railroads," STB Ex Parte No. 677 (day 2 of 2)(VIDEO)
04/24/2008Public Hearing: "Common Carrier Obligation of Railroads," STB Ex Parte No. 677 (day 1 of 2)(VIDEO)
12/04/2007Public Hearing: Methodology To Be Employed in Determining the Railroad Industry's Cost of Capital, STB Ex Parte No. 664 (VIDEO)
07/18/2007Public Hearing (Kansas City, Mo.): Rail Transportation of Energy Resources Critical to the Nation's Energy Supply, STB Ex Parte No. 672. (VIDEO)
04/19/2007Oral Argument: New England Transrail, LLC, d/b/a Wilmington & Woburn Terminal Railway--Construction, Acquisition and Operation, STB Finance Docket No. 34797 (VIDEO)
04/11/2007Public Hearing: Rail Capacity and Infrastructure Requirements, STB Ex Parte No. 671 (VIDEO)
02/15/2007Public Hearing: Methodology To Be Employed in Determining the Railroad Industry's Cost of Capital, STB Ex Parte No. 664 (VIDEO)
01/31/2007Public Hearing: Simplified Standards for Rail Rate Cases, STB Ex Parte No. 646 (Sub-No. 1) (VIDEO)
11/02/2006Public Hearing: Rail Transportation of Grain, STB Ex Parte No. 665 (VIDEO)
11/02/2006Public Hearing: Rail Transportation of Grain, STB Ex Parte No. 665 (AUDIO)
07/27/2006Public Hearing: Renewed Petition, Western Coal Traffic League, re Railroad Sale or Lease Agreements & "Paper Barriers," STB Ex Parte No. 575 (VIDEO)
07/27/2006Public Hearing: Renewed Petition, Western Coal Traffic League, re Railroad Sale or Lease Agreements & "Paper Barriers," STB Ex Parte No. 575 (AUDIO)
05/11/2006Public Hearing: Rail Fuel Surcharges, STB Ex Parte No. 661 (VIDEO)
05/11/2006Public Hearing: Rail Fuel Surcharges, STB Ex Parte No. 661 (AUDIO)
11/16/2005Oral Argument: Government of the Territory of Guam v. Sea-Land Service, Inc., American President Lines, Ltd., and Matson Navigation Company, Inc., STB Docket No. WCC-101. (VIDEO)
11/16/2005Oral Argument: Government of the Territory of Guam v. Sea-Land Service, Inc., American President Lines, Ltd., and Matson Navigation Company, Inc., STB Docket No. WCC-101. (AUDIO)
10/19/2005"The 25th Anniversary of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980: A Review and Look Ahead," STB Ex Parte No. 658. (AUDIO)
09/15/2005Voting Conference
07/27/2005Voting Conference
07/27/2005Otter Tail Power Company v. BNSF Railway Company, STB Docket No. 42071
05/11/2005Oral Argument: Dyno Nobel Inc. v. Kaneb Pipe Line Partners, L.P. , STB Docket No. 42081, and CF Industries Inc. v. Kaneb Pipe Line Partners, L.P. and Kaneb Pipe Line Operating Partnership, L.P., STB Docket No. 42084.
05/03/2005Voting Conference
04/26/2005Hearing on Challenges to Railroad Rates Under the "Stand-Alone Cost" Methodology
02/23/2005Voting Conference
01/19/2005Voting Conference
12/13/2004Voting Conference
11/02/2004Oral Argument in "Arizona Electric Power" v. "BNSF & Union Pacific" Rate-Complaint Case, Docket No. 42058
10/27/2004Oral Argument in "Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference" Request for Nationwide Collective Ratemaking Authority, STB Section 5a Application No. 46 (Sub-No. 20)
10/20/2004Voting Conference
10/13/2004Oral Argument in "Buckingham Branch Railroad's" Proposed Lease of "CSX" Rail Line in Virginia, STB Finance Docket No. 344
09/29/2004Oral Argument in "Arizona Pub. Srvc. & PacifiCorp v. BNSF" Rail Rate-Complaint Case, Docket No. 41185
09/24/2004Voting Conference
08/31/2004Voting Conference / Public Hearing, "Small Railroad Abandonments," STB Ex Parte No. 647
08/11/2004Voting Conference
07/21/2004Public Hearing, "Rate Challenges in Small Cases," STB Ex Parte No. 646
07/07/2004Oral Argument Concerning "TTX Flatcar Pooling" Application, STB Finance Docket No. 27590 (Sub. No 3)
06/22/2004Voting Conference
05/03/2004Public Hearing (Washington, D.C.), " 'Conrail Merger' Oversight," STB Finance Docket No. 33888 (Sub-No. 91)
04/02/2004Public Hearing (Trenton, N.J.), " 'Conrail Merger' Oversight," STB Finance Docket No. 33388 (Sub-No. 91)
03/18/2004Oral Argument in "Xcel v. BNSF" Rail Rate-Complaint Case, STB Docket No. 42057