Stand Alone Cost Test

Commentary

Shippers’ Lot Is Not a Happy One

By age 10, two lessons should be learned—no ketchup on hot dogs, and government does not move at the speed of for-profit business.

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Watching Washington: To mend the SAC, STB must act

Imagine if we all just got along. Maybe, someday. For now, countervailing power—labor unions checking managerial authority; shippers challenging rail market muscle—results in personality-charged regulatory proceedings and litigation.