Rail Customer Coalition

Rail analysts weigh in — it’s all about the bottom line: UP and NS are hoping a #freightrail merger is their ticket to easy street for making Wall Street happy, even though it could mean hard times for farmers, energy producers, manufacturers, and the economy.…

📃 President Trump’s executive order opposes monopolies. So why allow a #freightrail merger that would create one of the biggest? The proposed UP–NS deal threatens competition, raises costs & undermines U.S. manufacturing. America needs more rail competition – not less.

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🚨 Rail merger playbook: cut service & operations, raise rates. Interesting insight from @DailyCaller – UP has made big reductions in the past, hurting states like Texas – Wall Street will expect more cuts.

🚨 Former BNSF CEO warns: The proposed UP-NS merger would undermine U.S. manufacturing, agriculture & energy — the very sectors the White House aims to promote.

Policymakers must ask: How can a deal that shrinks competition & raises costs be good for America?
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⚠️ America’s largest #freightrail customers warn the UP-NS merger will crush competition, hike costs & worsen service.
🛤️️ With 4 railroads already controlling 90% of traffic, this deal is a troubling tipping point.
📢 Policymakers: Tell STB we need more rail-to-rail competition…

JUST IN: @SenatorBaldwin's call for #STB to re-evaluate outdated rules highlights a critical need for #freightrail reform. To keep American supply chains strong, shippers in Wisconsin and elsewhere need competitive and reliable rail service.

The STB’s rule on reciprocal switching is overly narrow, effectively preventing the rule from being utilized by those who actually need it.

According to @RSI, stronger measures must be taken to ensure fair access & competitive #freightrail service.

Thank you Chairman Oberman for your commitment to improving #freightrail. We look forward to working with new #STB Chairman Primus to continue adopting reforms that will help rail customers access competitive & reliable service.

Our nation needs little engines that CAN deliver. 👍

Policymakers should adopt smart reforms to get #freightrail back to work for Americans:
✅ Increase rail-to-rail competition
✅ Fight monopoly pricing
✅ Pass the Reliable Rail Service Act

⚠️ NEW BOOK ALERT ⚠️
“The Little Engine That Couldn’t” is a book fit for all ages, shedding light on the pressing need for U.S. #freightrail reform. 📖🚂

Railroads are FAILING to deliver for Americans. 👎

#Freightrail shipping delays and backups have forced factories and farms to cut production … which hurts supply chains.

Rail problems are driving up ⬆️ prices and disrupting 🚫 deliveries for food, fuel, and countless other goods that Americans rely on. #Freightrail reform is needed NOW … America can’t afford to wait any longer.

4 mega-railroads swallowed up their competitors and now control 90% of #freightrail traffic in the U.S.

As a result…
✂️ Service cuts and 🚫 restrictions that ⏰ delay shipments and disrupt the production of everyday goods and weakened the supply chain

⚠️ NEW BOOK ALERT ⚠️
“The Little Engine That Couldn’t” is a book fit for all ages, shedding light on the pressing need for U.S. #freightrail reform. 📖🚂

🚀 JUST LAUNCHED 🚀
“The Little Engine That Couldn’t” is based on a true story that U.S. freight shippers know all too well – and aims to shed light on the pressing need for reform.

"For Texas, a state that leads in economic growth and expansion, a robust #freightrail system isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity." Councilman Adrian Hernandez urges Congress to get on board and support much-needed reforms.

📑NEW report reveals that the cost of #freightrail hauling remains substantially above ⬆️ pre-pandemic levels.

@RSI argues that simple policy solutions like reciprocal switching could be key 🔑 to unlocking competition & reducing costs to Americans.

🚊U.S. #freightrail is a lifeline for small businesses. Louisiana restaurant owner Jeannette Mladenka urges Congress to support sensible reforms to fix rail problems & rebuild the #supplychain.

.@SenatorBaldwin @SenCapito to STB: “Persistent, inadequate rail service not only harms the rail shipper, it also impacts the entire country’s economy ... the competitiveness of the U.S. economy depends on having an effective and reliable rail network.”

The fertilizer industry is essential to U.S. agriculture’s success. 🧑‍🌾
The #STB’s new proposed rule would:
⬆️ INCREASE competition…
⬇️ REDUCE costs for shippers…

… ultimately creating a more effective & efficient rail network that benefits everyone!

Thank you @SenatorBaldwin and @SenCapito for supporting the #STB’s proposed rule to address unreliable rail service that continues to disrupt American farming, energy, and manufacturing operations – resulting in higher costs for consumers. 👏👏👏

MYTH: With reciprocal switching, a rail line can't handle multiple companies at the same time.

FACT: Charles Randolph (BNSF dispatcher for 37 years) says that, with enough personnel, dispatchers can safely manage rail capacity across joint tracks.

Former WY lawmaker & UP conductor Stan Blake applauds #STB for promoting competition w/ reciprocal switching: "The STB is trying to have some kind of hammer to make these companies have better performance.” 🔨