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News Wire: STB rules against CSX in rare rate-case win for a rail shipper

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Monday, January 29, 2018 2:22 PM

WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board recently settled a carrier-shipper rate dispute in favor of the shipper, something that hasn't happened in several years. The decision was in a case brought by Consumers Energy against CSX Transpo...

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/01/29-stb-rules-against-csx-in-rare-rate-case-win-for-a-rail-shipper 

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Posted by Overmod on Monday, January 29, 2018 2:45 PM

I'd be tempted to 'speculate' that this is only the first of what might be a great number of STB findings 'against' CSX.  I started worrying about effects of strict scrutiny when the STB called for a CSX response on not fulfilling common-carrier obligations; EHH et al made no more points with their attitude in the Baltimore fiasco, "walked back" or not.  As my wife likes to say, sometimes actions have consequences.  And sometimes the law of unintended consequences rises up to bite.

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Monday, January 29, 2018 3:48 PM

Bad karma comes home to roost! (to mix up metaphors)

- PDN. 

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