Press Releases and News Articles Archive
Press Releases | News Articles
Press Releases
CURE Responds to House T&I Special Panel Report
October 30, 2013
Rail-dependent shippers urge Foxx to address competition in the freight rail industry
May 22, 2013
Shippers Hail Senator Franken Letter To President Obama On Lack Of Competition In National Freight Rail System
February 26, 2013
New Report Shows Absence of Competitive Rail Service Costs Shippers Billions of Dollars
January 31, 2013
CURE Submits Comments to the STB on Proposed Rate Regulation Reforms
October 22, 2012
Shippers Applaud Rockefeller Action To Press For Answers on Legality of Berkshire Hathaway Acquisition of BNSF Railroad
October 5, 2012
Statement on New Surface Transportation Board Initiatives to Protect Captive Shippers from Unreasonable Rail Rates
July 27, 2012
U.S. Senate Votes to Shine Spotlight on the Impact of Freight Rail Companies’ Practices on Rural America
June 22, 2012
Rail shippers urge Senate to apply all antitrust laws to the freight rail industry
February 16, 2012
STB to examine BNSF’s ability to artificially raise rates on shippers
September 29, 2011
Shippers file unified comments to STB urging further freight rail reforms
July 27, 2011
CURE commends STB for lowering filing fee rates, urges for more reforms
July 7, 2011
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STB to examine BNSF’s ability to artificially raise rates on shippers
September 29, 2011
Shippers file unified comments to STB urging further freight rail reforms
July 27, 2011
CURE commends STB for lowering filing fee rates, urges for more reforms
July 7, 2011
NITL Proposes Rail Reciprocal Switching Reforms
July 7, 2011
Multi-industry logo letter to Senate Commerce Committee
June 6, 2011
DOJ, DOT & USDA Highlight the Need to Review Lack of Rail Competition, Impact on U.S. Exporters
April 15, 2011
CURE Urges STB to Act to Increase Competition in Freight Rail Industry
April 15, 2011
Rail Shippers Voice Support for Begeman Nomination to Surface Transportation Board
March 10, 2011
Senate Committee Votes to End Railroads’ Special Interest Loophole
March 3, 2011
CURE Applauds STB Proposal to Lower Filing Fees for Complaint Cases
February 16, 2011
CURE Urges STB to Oppose Delay in Plans to Review Competition in Rail Industry
February 3, 2011
Rail Shippers Applaud Kohl/Vitter Legislation to Remove Railroads’ Antitrust Exemptions
January 26, 2011
Rail Shippers Praise the Introduction of Rockefeller/Hutchinson Bill to Increase Competition in Rail Industry
January 26, 2011
Rail Shippers Call for Competitive Pricing Reforms to Help American Companies Compete in Global Marketplace
January 25, 2011
Rail Shippers Welcome Surface Transportation Board Hearing on Rail Competition
January 13, 2011
Union Pacific’s National Ad Campaign Shows Senate Report was Correct
October 20, 2010
CSX 3rd Quarter Earnings Show Railroad Riches Despite Claims of Weakness in Blocking Rail Reform
October 12, 2010
State Ag. Departments Call On Congress & President to Pass Rail Reform This Fall
September 30, 2010
New Senate Report Shows How Rail Industry Deceives in Order to Obstruct Pro-Consumer Reforms
September 15, 2010
Senate Commerce Hearing Shows Momentum for Freight Rail Reform
September 9, 2010
State Governments Push Congress and President to Enact Rail Reform This Year
August 4, 2010
Big Railroads Drop Big Bucks on Super Bowl Ads, Rail Customers, Consumers Left with Hangover
February 3, 2009
Railroad 4th Quarter Revenues Highlight Monopoly Power
January 23, 2009
Kohl, Baldwin Introduce Legislation to Protect Consumers from Hidden Railroad Tax
January 8, 2009
Sen. Kohl Reintroduces Legislation to End Railroad Monopoly Power
January 7, 2009
American Bar Association’s Antitrust Experts Call for End to Rail Antitrust Exemptions
December 17, 2008
Rockefeller Chairmanship a Good Sign for Consumers, CURE Says (pdf)
December 16, 2008
The American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section Endorses the Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act (pdf)
December 12, 2008
CURE Priorities Are Submitted to President-elect Obama’s Transportation Transition Team (pdf)
December 11, 2008
CURE Issue Update (pdf)
December 9, 2008
Reps. Conyers, Baldwin Call for Rail Reform in Stimulus Bill
November 18, 2008
STB Study Shows Consumers, Agriculture Hit Hard by Railroad Monopoly Power, Highlights Need for Rail Reform (pdf)
November 5, 2008
Alliance for Rural America reminds rural voters to include rail issues when making final election choices
October 23, 2008
Railroad Monopoly Pricing Power on Display in Earnings Report
October 23, 2008
Florida Consumers Overcharged $100 Million by Railroad
October 10, 2008
Rail Reform Bill Cleared for House Floor Action
September 18, 2008
Agriculture Groups to Congress: Stop the Runaway Trains
August 22, 2008
Midwestern Legislators Urge Passage of Rail Reform
July 28, 2008
Thirteen Groups Rally Behind Rail Reform Bill
July 16, 2008
Rail Customers Oppose White House Nomination to STB
May 28, 2008
Congress Calls for Study on Impact of Rail Transport Problems on Rural America
May 14, 2008
Small Businesses, Farmers Bear Burden of the Railroad Monopoly Prices
May 1, 2008
House Committee Takes Aim at Railroad Monopoly Prices
April 30, 2008
Congressional Hearing Highlights Railroads’ Monopoly Practices
April 23, 2008
Rail Customers to Promote Rail Reform Legislation on Capitol Hill
March 11, 2008
House Judiciary Committee Focuses on Bringing the Railroads Under Antitrust Laws
February 25, 2008
Senators Urge Reid to Move Forward on Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act
February 8, 2008
Senate Hearing Spotlights Need for Railroad Antitrust Coverage
October 3, 2007
High Captive Rail Prices, Deteriorating Service Require Better STB Oversight, Public Power Executives Tell House Committee
September 25, 2007
Who’s Afraid of Competition?: Shippers call for much needed reform while railroads lobby for federal protections
September 25, 2007
Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Bill Targeting Railroads Unfair Antitrust Exemptions
September 20, 2007
Report of Price Manipulation by Railroads Reason Enough for New Legislation
September 17, 2007
Consumers Railroaded Out of $6.4 Billion New Study Details Multi-billion Fuel Overcharges
September 13, 2007
GAO Report: Freight Rail Rates Spike in 2005 More Costs Shift to Consumers
August 28, 2007
Railroads: Bringing Rural America to a Standstill
July 24, 2007
Congress Asks Railroads: Are You the Weakest Link?
July 12, 2007
Energy Bill Will Boost Ethanol Congress Asks Railroads: Are you the weakest link?
July 12, 2007
Senate Legislation Introduced to Reform Nation’s Rail System
March 15, 2007
Rail Customers Hail Action to Fix Broken Rail System
March 6, 2007
Rail Customers Urge Congress to Address Economic Security
February 13, 2007
Rail Customers Make Case Against New Rate Rules
January 31, 2007
Favorable STB Fuel Subcharge Ruling
January 26, 2007
CURE Elects Officers
January 23, 2007
Freight Rail Customers Complaints Verified by Government Accountability Office Report
October 9, 2006
Railroad Delivery Delays Force Power Companies to Import Coal
August 24, 2006
More Than 200 Rail Shippers on Capitol Hill Urge Reform Rail Monopoly Driving Consumer Costs Up
March 9, 2006
The Cost of Captivity, by Industry, reprinted with copyright permission from the Rail Price Advisor, First Quarter 2003, Volume 12, Number 1, published by Escalation Consultants, Inc.
News Articles
Senate Confirms Deb Miller as STB Commissioner
April 7, 2014
Captive Shippers Show Their Cards
July 18, 2011
Lincoln Electric System vs. BNSF Railway—again
June 18, 2011
Reform Needed to End the Railroad Pricing Monopoly
July 14, 2011
Freight rail vital to nation, industry asserts
July 14, 2011
Sen. Kohl Calls on Two Federal Agencies to Back His ‘Rail Antitrust’ Bill
July 11, 2011
Filing Fees Cut for Rail-Rate Complaints
July 7, 2011
Coal Hauling Costs on the Rise
June 28, 2011
Railroads, Shippers Face Off
June 23, 2011
Rockefeller Presses STB for Rail Reform
June 22, 2011
How We’re Meeting the Job Creation Challenge
June 13, 2011
Coal Shipper Sues UP, BNSF for Price Fixing
June 8, 2011
Supreme Court Rejects BNSF Appeal in Rate Case
May 16, 2011
STB’s Nudge to Regulate
May 9, 2011
Shippers Complain about Lack of Rail Competition
April 25, 2011
Rockefeller: DOT report shows need for rail bill
March 4, 2011
Senate Panel Votes to End Rail Antitrust Exemption
March 3, 2011
Rail Bills Resurface
February 7, 2011
Rockefeller Introduces Rail Reform Bill
January 27, 2011
Letter to the editor of the Charleston Gazette: Railroads defied Act, created monopolies
October 21, 2010
Shippers Favor Rail Reform
September 27, 2010
STB’s Elliot Plans Three-Pronged Rail Reform Strategy
September 15, 2010
Walz: How to Make Freight Rail More Competitive
June 15, 2010
Railroad unchecked power hurts businesses and consumers
June 15, 2010
Rep. Walz: Restore balance and competition to rail industry
April 23, 2010
Letter to the Editor: USA Today
April 1, 2010
Cooperative Network praises leadership on rail reform
December 18, 2009
NARUC: Rockefeller’s STB Bill Marks Significant Victory
December 18, 2009
Farm World: Consumer Group Optimistic For Rail Antitrust Regulation
October 5, 2009
Energy Washington: Utilities, Others Expect Major Railway Reform Push As Congress Returns
September 4, 2009
Seminole Electric to STB: CSX severely overcharges Cooperative
August 31, 2009
Duluth News Tribune Op-ed: Railroads’ monopoly pricing hurts businesses, consumers
August 30, 2009
Wall Street Journal: Nominee Calls for Scrutiny of Rail Freight Pricing
July 31, 2009
Letter to the Editor of the New York Times
July 29, 2009
New York Times: Antitrust Chief Hits Resistance in Crackdown
July 25, 2009
Rail Shippers’ Lobby Geared Up
Journal of Commerce, May 20, 2009
I Hear the Train A Comin
“Colleen’s Ag Connection” WGFA Radio, May 5, 2009
Group fights to end railroads’ antitrust exemption
Brownfield Ag Network, May 4, 2009
Washington Watch Interview with Brownfield’s Ken Anderson and CURE Exec. Director Bob Szabo
Brownfield Ag Network, May 4, 2009
Congress is poised to end the railroads’ antitrust exemption
Kiplinger Agriculture Letter, April 24, 2009
Captive food growers seek more choices
San Francisco Chronicle, April 5, 2009
Bob Szabo agricultural radio interview with Mike LePorte
KRVN Rural Radio Network, March 25, 2009
Exempt from antitrust laws, railroads set exorbitant rates
The Hill, March 25, 2009
S.C. agency questioning rail-cost spike
The State, March 24, 2009
Senate Committee: Railroad Antitrust Exemption Must End
Farm World, March 18, 2009
Survey: High Rail Costs Force Some Shippers to Switch to Other Modes
Chemical Week, March 16, 2009
Some freight railroads have it all
Daily Gazette, March 16, 2009
Consumers are hard hit by unfair rail monopoly
Salt Lake Tribune, March 14, 2009
Obama Nominee Vows Strong Antitrust Action, Backs Rail Bill
CNN Money, March 10, 2009
Bill Would Strip Antitrust Protections From Freight Railroads
March 5, 2009
Rail customers in prime position for reforms?
Farm Week, March 4, 2009
BNSF ordered to pay $345M in rate dispute
Associated Press, February 19, 2009
Landscape changing for farmers, railroads
Billings Gazette, February 11, 2009
Freight Carriers See Rough Road Ahead in 2009
Associated Press, February 6, 2009
Bob Szabo Meets With UTU International President to Discuss Rail Reform
United Transportation Union International, January 23, 2009
CURE Spokeswoman Mary Kay Thatcher, American Farm Bureauinterview
Northern Ag Network, January 7, 2009
Rail Shippers Ask Congress to Regulate Freight Prices
Wall Street Journal, January 4, 2009
Coal Freight Battle May Fuel Spike In Rural Electricity Bills
Tampa Tribune, December 23, 2008
Antitrust Rules Needed for Freight Railroads
Capital Times, December 22, 2008
Baldwin Pushes for Rail Reform in Economic Stimulus Bill
Wisconsin Ag Connection, December 8, 2008
Railroading ag: The return of the ‘robber baron’ triggers cries of monopoly from rural shippers
AgWeek, December 8, 2008
Lawmakers consider RR anti-trust law
North Platte Bulletin, December 1, 2008
“The Steckline Report” agriculture radio program, interview with CURE spokesperson Mary Kay Thatcher, American Farm Bureau
December 1, 2008
Brownfield Network interview with CURE spokesperson Mary Kay Thatcher, American Farm Bureau
November 25, 2008
Bob Szabo interview with KQLX Farm Talk on the need for rail reform
November 24, 2008
Interview transcript, AAR President Ed Hamberger
AgriTalk Radio program, October 13, 2008
Interview transcript, CURE Chairman Glenn English and Executive Vice President of the American Coalition for Ethanol Brian Jennings
AgriTalk Radio program, October,13, 2008
Fla. electric cooperative disputes rail rate hike
Associated Press, October 10, 2008
Ag groups push antitrust legislation
Traffic World, August 22, 2008
Railing Against Captive Shippers
EnergyBiz Insider, May 23, 2008
Editorial: Competition on rails
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 22, 2008
Editorial: Bring end to railroad antitrust exemption
Sheboygan Press, May 11, 2008
A Switch on the Tracks
Washington Post, April 21, 2008
Changes are needed in railway rules
The Advertiser, April 15, 2008
Senator Kohl: Congress should move to repeal railroads’ antitrust exemptions
The Hill, April 8, 2008
Glenn English: Captive shippers left out in the cold
The Journal of Commerce, March 31, 2008
Commentary: LUS: Customers pay premium for rail deregulation
The Daily Advertiser, March 30, 2008
Shippers in Minnesota want lawmakers to intervene to foster more competition among the railroads
The Star Tribune, March 27, 2008
ADM sues railroads for price-fixing on fuel fees
The Star Tribune, March 27, 2008
La. Utility backs regulation
The Advocate, March 17, 2008
Staying on Track: Wednesday was Rail Customer Day on Capitol Hill
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 16, 2008
North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation Joins Rail Customers on Capitol Hill to Promote Rail Reform Legislation
Sun Herald, March 11, 2008
Rail Antitrust Gains Force
Traffic World, March 3, 2008
Wisconsin’s Baldwin Calls for Railroad Antitrust Revocation
Bloomberg, Feruary 25, 2008
Board ignores concerns of some rail customers
Argus Leader, February 9, 2008
In rebuttal: Regulatory trainwreck
Sun Journal, January 18, 2008
MN Attorney General: Time to put railroads under anti-trust
Bemidji Pioneer, January 25, 2008
Ethanol boon may be a bust
In Forum, January 22, 2008
On this monopoly board, railroads are winning
St. Paul Pioneer Press, January 9, 2008
21 Attorneys General Endorse Bill That Would Remove Antitrust Exemptions for Railroads
The Associated Press, November 29, 2007
CSX Seeking Public Aid Amid Its Growing Profit
Tampa Tribune, October 11, 2007
LTE: Fair and Accurate
Roll Call, October 4, 2007
Freight Rail Customers Complain About Prices, Service
USA Today, September 27, 2007
The Railroading of America
Roll Call, September 26, 2007
LTE: Rail Competition,Washington Times
The Washington Times, September 20, 2007
Report of Price Manipulation by Railroads Reason Enough for New Legislation
American Corn Growers Association, September 17, 2007
Study: F Rail Cos. Overcharged by $6.5B
The Associated Press, September 13, 2007
Railroad Monopoly Costs North Dakota
The Forum, September 2, 2007
Mark Glaess: Big Rail Hurts Rural Communities
Mankato Free Press, August 3, 2007
Glenn English: Poor Oversight of Monopolies Costs Consumers
The Kansas City Star, July 19, 2007
Utilities, Railroads at Odds: Delivery System FaultedRegulator
hears venting on rail service
The Kansas City Star, July 19, 2007
Baldwin Wins Duel with Railroads
The Capital Times, July 13, 2007
Tester Demands Fix for Freight Rail System
Liberty County Times, March 21, 2007
Vitter Acts on Railroad Issue
The Baton Rouge Advocate, March 19, 2007
Federal Regulators Ban Excessive Fuel Surcharges By Railroads
The Associated Press, January 26, 2007
Rail Rates Rock State Companies
Wisconsin State Journal, January 4, 2007
Railroads Struggle to Meet Coal Demand
CBS News by Associated Press, December 7, 2006
Derail the Monopoly; Railroads Need Competition
EnergyBiz Magazine, November/December 2006
Shippers say they’re getting railroaded
Kansas City Star by Chicago Tribune, October 2, 2006
Serving Two (Station) Masters
BusinessWeek, July 24, 2006
Enough Coal On Hand To Keep Us Cool?
The Christian Science Monitor, May 26, 2006
Utilities Lead Charge Vs. Railroads
The Capital Times, May 12, 2006
Electric Utilities Press for Action on Railroad Costs
The Hill, May 4, 2006
Railroads Struggle To Deliver Coal To Utilities
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (pick-up from Wall Street Journal article), March 15, 2006
Wisconsin Reps Attacking High Railroad Costs
The Capital Times, February 22, 2006
Delay doesn’t want rail built
The Citizen, September 1, 2004
North Dakota, Minnesota and Montana Governors Support Rail Legislation
June 29, 2004
Rail Status Quo Unacceptable
Traffic World, March 31, 2003
