THE MERGER END-GAME LOOMS. MIDYEAR REPORT

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) decided, in March 2000, to impose a 15 month moratorium on major carrier mergers to give the regulatory agency time to develop new merger guidelines and policies to reflect the changed times since deregulation in 1980. The BNSF/CN (Burlington Northern Santa Fe/Canadian National) combination announcement on December 20, 1999 that they intended to combine to form the largest rail system in North America may have started the end-game in North American rail consolidation. The article looks at the anticipated showdown that the STB moratorium seems to have only delayed.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  345 Hudson Street
  New York, NY  United States  10014
• Authors:
  • Kaufman, Lawrence H
• Publication Date: 2000-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 47-53
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 201
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deregulation; Guidelines; Mergers and acquisitions; Policy making; Railroads; Regulatory reform
• Identifier Terms: BNSF Railway; Canadian National; Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00797460
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 9 2000 12:00AM