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The Surface Transportation
          Board
An Overview and Short History of the
              Agency
         Catherine Glidden
The Interstate Commerce Commission




• Predecessor Agency to the Surface Transportation Board

• Granger Movement Shed Light on “Railroad Problem”

• Created in 1887 by Congress to Regulate Railroads

• Supreme Court Determined that Interstate Commerce
  Under Control of Federal Government, not States
The Numbers of ICC Board Members
     Changed Over the Years
By 1925, cars and trucks were providing heavy competition to the
            railroads on our expanding road network.
Railroad abandonments, 2009 to 2011
Portion of Rail-Banked Lake Wobegon Trail in Sterns
                    County, MN.
New Rail Construction and Reactivation of Rail-Banked Trail
Presentation
                By
        Catherine Glidden
Environmental Protection Specialist
   Surface Transportation Board
      gliddenc@stb.dot.gov
          202-245-0293

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The Surface Transportation Board

  • 1. The Surface Transportation Board An Overview and Short History of the Agency Catherine Glidden
  • 2. The Interstate Commerce Commission • Predecessor Agency to the Surface Transportation Board • Granger Movement Shed Light on “Railroad Problem” • Created in 1887 by Congress to Regulate Railroads • Supreme Court Determined that Interstate Commerce Under Control of Federal Government, not States
  • 3. The Numbers of ICC Board Members Changed Over the Years
  • 4. By 1925, cars and trucks were providing heavy competition to the railroads on our expanding road network.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 8. Portion of Rail-Banked Lake Wobegon Trail in Sterns County, MN.
  • 9. New Rail Construction and Reactivation of Rail-Banked Trail
  • 10. Presentation By Catherine Glidden Environmental Protection Specialist Surface Transportation Board gliddenc@stb.dot.gov 202-245-0293