Railroad deregulation was supposed to preserve reliable and competitive freight service for businesses and communities. But a poorly constructed regulatory mandate has allowed that promise to be broken. Here's how shippers are trying to fix that:
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05.01.2026 19:36 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Interview: Congress Must Act to Protect Rail Shippers from Wall Street Greed (w/ Ann Warner)
A people-powered campaign to electrify America's railroads and open corridors to a clean energy future
Ann Warner is one of the figures at the forefront of this coalition, and serves as spokesperson for the Freight Rail Customer Alliance, an “alliance of freight rail shippers impacted by continued unrestrained freight rail market dominance over rail-dependent shippers.”
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30.12.2025 21:25 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Our conversation with Emily Regis explores the power imbalance faced by businesses that depend on railroads to move their freight, the difficulty of getting help from regulators, and the dangers of further consolidation.
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17.12.2025 00:49 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Our brand new fourth episode walks you through the wild consequences, for better and for worse, of the peculiar U.S. insistence on private ownership of the critical national infrastructure called railroads.
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01.12.2025 21:08 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Trucks inflict 8x greater costs on the public than rail. Freight transportation policy must prioritize a modeshift from truck to rail.
Listen to founder and CEO of Hum Industrial Technology Byron Porter at: www.solutionaryrail.org/interviewbyr...
03.10.2025 17:41 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A broken rate review process reinforces Class I railroads’ monopoly power over shippers. This hinders reindustrialization, forces freight onto trucks, and raises costs for consumers and the public.
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23.09.2025 21:49 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Merging won’t make railroads competitive with trucking. Wall Street’s railroads have prioritized profit over growth for decades. The UP-NS deal only perpetuates that model.
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21.09.2025 15:45 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Railroad mergers pit labor unions against each other with false promises. The only way forward is a united labor voice.
Listen to Railroad Workers United Co-founder and Trustee Ron Kaminkow at: www.solutionaryrail.org/podcastinter...
19.09.2025 15:11 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Corporations used to be regulated to balance profits with public interests. Over the last 50 years, those regulations have been decimated, leaving the public with little recourse.
Check out our full conversation with former Congressman Peter DeFazio at: www.solutionaryrail.org/podcastinter...
09.09.2025 20:14 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Class I railroads’ practices have boosted stock prices, at the expense of workers, safety, and service. What is working for Wall Street is a disaster for Main Street.
Check out our full conversation with former Congressman Peter DeFazio at: www.solutionaryrail.org/podcastinter...
08.09.2025 19:14 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The proposed UP/NS merger would further concentrate the power of Wall Street railroads, opening the door to higher costs, worse service, and even greater retaliatory power over customers who speak out.
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04.09.2025 17:37 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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19.08.2025 03:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In our latest interview, AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (@ttdaflcio.bsky.social) President Greg Regan takes on the pending UP-NS railroad mega-merger, the importance of cross-modal solidarity, public awareness about rail, and more!
19.08.2025 03:37 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Absolutely right! If we want effective freight rail that helps us rebuild American manufacturing, we must revitalize regulations like common carrier that once stopped Gilded Age robber barons and financiers from crushing their competition -- and quality, affordability, and access with it.
13.08.2025 14:33 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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12.08.2025 21:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our new interview with Phil Longman of @openmarkets.bsky.social adds a foundational layer to our “Reconnect America” vision for harnessing rail transport to address 21st century problems like deindustrialization, economic inequality, and polarization.
12.08.2025 21:09 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
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11.08.2025 19:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In our latest interview, writer Phillip Longman takes us through the history and principles behind “the regulatory regime under which America became great”—that is, the system of common carrier obligations that once aligned U.S. rail operations with public interests. You won’t want to miss this one!
11.08.2025 19:38 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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17.07.2025 18:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In our latest interview, we explore the history of U.S. antimonopoly law with Basel Musharbash (@basel.bsky.social), author of the report “'Kings Over the Necessaries of Life': Monopolization and the Elimination of Competition in America’s Agriculture System"
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17.07.2025 18:01 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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17.07.2025 17:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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30.06.2025 19:41 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
In our latest interview, Bill Hutchison and Ed D’Amato, co-founders of Lakeshore Rail Alliance (@lakeshorerail.bsky.social), share their bold vision to fix U.S. passenger rail!
30.06.2025 19:41 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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10.06.2025 22:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In our latest Rail Bite, veteran rail planner Tom White discusses a generational loss of railroading knowledge—its origins and its severe impacts on passenger rail service.
10.06.2025 22:11 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
ICYMI: Episode 3 of Reconnect America is out. This episode shows that the US needs greater public investment in rail transportation, not less. And, that passenger rail delivers benefits that far outway the cost of providing service.
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29.05.2025 20:31 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
It was great to celebrate the hard work when Gov Ferguson signed ESHB 1837 into law. Congratulations to everyone who pushed for this.
22.05.2025 17:29 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
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11.05.2025 20:53 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Good news…Episode 3 is out! In this episode of Reconnect America, we continue our deep dive into the history and future prospects of U.S. passenger rail—and the vital importance of the service it provides (or once provided) to the social and economic life of communities across the country.
11.05.2025 20:48 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
San Antonians for Rail Transit (SART) is a group dedicated to promoting efficient, reliable rail transportation for Central and South Texas.
We are a group of journalists & scholars in policy & economics working at the vanguard of antimonopoly to achieve victories that empower everyone. Learn more: openmarketsinstitute.org
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Bringing together transit riders, environmentalists, and union members for fast, clean, safe catenary electric regional, intercity, and freight rail in California. #CatenaryNow #ElectrifyMetrolink
We are the oldest & largest national advocacy non-profit serving as a voice for the more than 40 million rail passengers in the U.S.
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Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers (IARP) was formed in 1981 as a voice for Iowa rail passengers
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This website brings together news, opinion, and events from around the web, of interest to those who advocate for improved passenger rail service in the United States.
The Summit brings passenger railroad organizations, advocates, enthusiasts, officials, policymakers and experts to educate, innovate and coordinate for the restoration, expansion and enhancement of rail service across the Greater Northwest.
The Utah Rail Passengers Association promotes the broader diversity of transportation options for residents of and visitors to Utah by educating citizens and policy makers about available transportation options.
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People Live Here! All Aboard Northwest is the Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Working Group, working to bring economic, environmental and equity benefits to the communities of the Greater Northwest. Mostly at https://rail.chat/@aanw
Texas Rail Advocates supports the smart development of both freight and passenger rail service in Texas and the Southwest.
For over forty years, All Aboard Washington (AAWA) has promoted better passenger and freight rail service in the Pacific Northwest. We champion safe, reliable, frequent, competitive, and convenient passenger rail services that meet the needs of all.
Revitalizing Communities and Building Sustainable Economies. Restoring regional passenger rail across southern Montana and the Big Sky North Coast Corridor #CID
Oregonians deserve a transit system that is the envy of the world.
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Promoting workforce mobility, economic development, quality of life for the Great Lakes and Northeast Megaregions through fast, frequent passenger rail service.
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