...consideration of the impact of the recent spate of railroad consolidations on competition." Restoring competition to the Houston-Gulf Coast area -- which spans the nation's second busiest port and a multibillion-dollar petrochemical complex -- is...

...against Union Pacific nine months ago. Those corrective actions expire Sunday. But the board said congestion in the Houston-Gulf Coast area has been reduced to the point that federal intervention no longer is necessary. "Given the significant improvements...