Week of 8 Dec 2025

Decisions served

1. 12 Dec 2025 FD 36447
   ASSIGNED AND AUTHORIZED AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE TO ADDRESS DISCOVERY MATTERS IN THIS DOCKET AND ORDERED THAT DEPOSITIONS SOUGHT BY DELTA SOUTHERN RAILROAD BE PAUSED PENDING RESOLUTION OF THE ONGOING, RELATED DISCOVERY DISPUTES BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE.

   Entire Board · LAKE PROVIDENCE PORT COMMISSION--FEEDER LINE APPLICATION--LINE OF DELTA SOUTHERN RAILROAD LOCATED IN EAST CARROLL AND MADISON PARISHES, LA. · decision 52830
2. 12 Dec 2025 EP 526 (Sub-No. 24)
   PROVIDED NOTICE OF VACANCIES ON THE RAILROAD-SHIPPER TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TWO LARGE SHIPPER REPRESENTATIVES AND ONE SMALL SHIPPER REPRESENTATIVE.

   Chief Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel · NOTICE OF RAILROAD-SHIPPER TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COUNCIL VACANCIES · decision 52829
3. 12 Dec 2025 AB 55 (Sub-No. 822X)
   PROVIDED NOTICE THAT CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO DISCONTINUE SERVICE OVER AN APPROXIMATELY 21.72-MILE RAIL LINE IN ROBESON AND BLADEN COUNTIES, N.C.

   Chief Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel · CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.–-DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE EXEMPTION–-IN ROBESON AND BLADEN COUNTIES, N.C. · decision 52814
4. 12 Dec 2025 MCF 21140
   APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED, SUBJECT TO THE FILING OF OPPOSING COMMENTS, VAN POOL TRANSPORTATION LLC'S AND AG VAN POOL HOLDINGS, LP'S APPLICATION TO ACQUIRE CONTROL OF AN INTERSTATE PASSENGER MOTOR CARRIER, LAVDAS ENTERPRISES, INC. DBA LAVDAS LIMOUSINES, INC.

   Entire Board · VAN POOL TRANSPORTATION LLC AND AG VAN POOL HOLDINGS, LP--ACQUISITION OF CONTROL--LAVDAS ENTERPRISES, INC. · decision 52795
5. 11 Dec 2025 NOR 42184
   ORDERED: (1) CLEVELAND-CLIFFS RAILWAY INC. TO FILE ITS REPLY TO THE MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND PETITION FOR PARTIAL REVOCATION FILED BY DURA-BOND PIPE, L.L.C. (DURA-BOND), TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO THE MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, BY DECEMBER 18, 2025; (2) DURA-BOND TO FILE ANY REBUTTAL ARGUMENT BY DECEMBER 22, 2025; (3) DURA-BOND TO SERVE COPIES OF ITS COMPLAINT, MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, PETITION FOR PARTIAL REVOCATION, AND THIS DECISION ON NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, AND CERTIFY TO THE BOARD THAT IT HAS DONE SO, BY DECEMBER 12, 2025.

   Chief Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel · DURA-BOND PIPE, L.L.C. v. CLEVELAND-CLIFFS RAILWAYS INC. · also entered in EP 346 (Sub-No. 29) · decision 52834
6. 11 Dec 2025 FD 36869
   PROVIDED NOTICE THAT IOWA NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO ACQUIRE LIMITED LOCAL TRACKAGE RIGHTS ON A LINE OF RAILROAD OF CEDAR RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY AT MONA JUNCTION IN CEDAR FALLS, IOWA, AND IN LONDON TOWNSHIP, MINN., A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 85.0 MILES.

   Chief Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel · IOWA NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY—TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION—CEDAR RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY · decision 52823
7. 11 Dec 2025 FD 36722 (Sub-No. 1)
   PROVIDED NOTICE THAT CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO ACQUIRE LIMITED LOCAL TRACKAGE RIGHTS OVER A LINE OF RAILROAD OF CEDAR RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY IN CHARLES CITY, IOWA, AND LONDON TOWNSHIP, MINN., A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 43.5 MILES.

   Chief Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel · CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY—AMENDED TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION— CEDAR RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY · decision 52821
8. 11 Dec 2025 FD 36856
   WAIVED A 60-DAY ADVANCE NOTICE REQUIREMENT AND ALLOWED PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE APPROXIMATELY 16.84 MILES OF RAIL LINE IN CONNECTICUT, ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 13, 2025.

   Entire Board · PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY—OPERATION EXEMPTION—STATE OF CONNECTICUT · decision 52804
9. 10 Dec 2025 FD 32760 (Sub-No. 50)
   GRANTED BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY’S MOTION TO COMPEL.

   Administrative Law Judge · BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY —PETITION FOR ENFORCEMENT— INTERCHANGE WITH SAVAGE TOOELE RAILROAD COMPANY · decision 52831
10. 10 Dec 2025 FD 32760 (Sub-No. 52)
    GRANTED TO EXTEND THE REPLY DEADLINE TO BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY’S PETITION TO JANUARY 7, 2026.

    Chief Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel · BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY —PETITION FOR REVIEW— UP/SP MERGER CONDITIONS · decision 52827
11. 10 Dec 2025 AB 290 (Sub-No. 418X)
    (1) VACATED A NOTICE OF INTERIM TRAIL USE OR ABANDONMENT (NITU) ISSUED ON JULY 24, 2025; AND (2) ISSUED A REPLACEMENT NITU.

    Chief Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel · NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY – ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION – IN CUYAHOGA, GEAUGA, AND PORTAGE COUNTIES, OHIO · decision 52806
12. 9 Dec 2025 FD 36885
    WAIVED THE 60-DAY ADVANCE NOTICE REQUIREMENT AND ALLOWED ARKANSAS MIDLAND RAILROAD COMPANY, INC., TO EXTEND THE TERM OF, AND MAKE OTHER CHANGES TO, ITS LEASE OF APPROXIMATELY 57.6 MILES OF RAIL LINE IN ARKANSAS, ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 13, 2025.

    Entire Board · ARKANSAS MIDLAND RAILROAD COMPANY, INC.—LEASE AND OPERATION EXEMPTION INCLUDING INTERCHANGE COMMITMENT—UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY · decision 52811
13. 8 Dec 2025 NOR 42180
    AMENDED THE PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE IN THIS PROCEEDING.

    Chief Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel · EVERGY, INC., EVERGY METRO, INC., AND EVERGY KANSAS CENTRAL, INC. v. BNSF RAILWAY CO. · decision 52808
14. 8 Dec 2025 AB 1000 (Sub-No. 5X)
    PROVIDED A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDED THAT CERTAIN CONDITIONS SHOULD BE IMPOSED ON A DECISION GRANTING ABANDONMENT AUTHORITY.

    Director, Office Of Environmental Analysis · GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD, INC.—DISCONTINUANCE EXEMPTION—IN MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GA. · also entered in AB 312 (Sub-No. 6X) · decision 52792