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In a nutshell: Four years after a crisis that brought railroad executives to Washington in disgrace, US regulators are finally mandating weekly performance data from Class I carriers. Whether it amounts to a genuine accountability tool or just expensive window-dressing depends on what shippers do with it.

On 8 July, every Class I railroad in the United States will begin filing two new weekly metrics with the Surface Transportation Board (STB): original estimated time of arrival (OETA) and industry ...

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