Union Pacific says it will stop imposing temporary limits on shipments while it reviews the policy that federal regulators and shippers criticized at a hearing last week.
FILE - A Union Pacific train engine sits in a rail yard on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Commerce, Calif. Federal regulators and shippers questioned Union Pacifics decision to temporarily limit shipments from certain businesses more than 1,000 times this year as part of its effort to clear up congestion across the railroad. The head of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board Martin Oberman said Wednesday, Dec.
These orders that force businesses to temporarily limit their shipments and pull some of their railcars off of UP's network caught regulators eye because they are up significantly over the past few years. In 2018, UP used 140 of them, according to the STB. Many businesses are served by only one railroad. Their bulk products may not be well suited to being delivered by trucks, so they don't have many options when Union Pacific imposes limits.
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