INSIGHTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

On January 16, 2026, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) rejected Union Pacific's (UP) application to acquire control of Norfolk Southern (NS), along with two related applications: UP and NS' (Applicants) applications for acquisitions of control of the Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Company (PPU) and the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA). The STB ruled the application was incomplete and rejected the application without prejudice, allowing the Applicants to

On November 4, 2025, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and BNSF Railway Company announced a landmark settlement, bringing an end to over a decade of high-stakes federal litigation. This resolution addressed a long-running trespass dispute centered on BNSF’s unauthorized operation of crude oil trains across the Swinomish Reservation in Washington. The settlement followed a significant 2024 federal court ruling which ordered BNSF to disgorge nearly $395 million in profits a

We’re excited to announce the new location of our headquarters: 901 N. Stuart Street, Suite 1120, Arlington, VA 22203 Along with the...

On July 29, 2025, Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS) announced plans for an $85 billion merger, in which UP would acquire NS....

L.E. Peabody & Associates, Inc. is pleased to have joined Thompson Hine in a webinar in which we discussed the Surface Transportation...

On January 15, 2025, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) issued a decision in a case brought by the North America Freight Car...

According to S&P Global, utilities will only be retiring 3.0 GW of U.S. coal-fired capacity in 2024, which will be the lowest level since...

On November 26, 2024, Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Robert Primus sent a letter to the Association of American Railroads...

On October 22, 2024, a significant milestone was reached for the Gulf Coast region with the groundbreaking ceremony for the Amtrak Gulf...

In an update to the recent Canadian rail stoppage, Canadian National (CN) has been ordered to binding arbitration by the Canada...

Union employees of Canada’s two largest railroads, Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), were formally locked...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently vacated the Surface Transportation Board's (STB) Final Offer Rate Review (FORR)...

Over the past 10 years, rail freight carloads have seen no growth, but in fact have dropped over 23 percent . Over the same time period,...

L. E. Peabody & Associates, Inc. (LEPA) was retained in September of 2020 to support the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (Tribe) in a...