February 16, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 15, 2022) Hours before the Surface Transportation Board (STB) began the first day of a two-day public hearing on the matter, Amtrak yesterday laid out on social media its case for why it should be allowed to restore...
February 16, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Press release from the office of Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 15, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following are remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on...
February 15, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 14, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has announced additional details for its public hearing regarding Amtrak’s application to operate Gulf Coast rail service. To be held virtually, the hearing will begin on Feb....
February 15, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine analysis by Bill Stephens, February 14, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, and Amtrak all should be in the hot seat at Surface Transportation Board hearings this week and next month regarding proposed Gulf Coast...
February 15, 2022 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, February 14, 2022) NEW YORK — The Port of Savannah, Ga., handled 479,700 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) in January—a 4% gain over the same month last year, when cargo volumes grew 22%, Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) reported. This the 18th...
February 14, 2022 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, February 13, 2022) PHILADELPHIA — As if urban life in hardscrabble Southwest Philadelphia were not tough enough, along comes one of the nation’s richest railroad companies, proposing to demolish a decaying bridge, and turn the busy...
February 11, 2022 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 10, 2022) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) yesterday released a preliminary report on a Dec. 9, 2021, collision between a CSX freight train and a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) trolley car...
February 9, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 8, 2022) CSX President and Chief Executive Officer James Foote is asking shippers to sign a petition expressing concerns to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) about Amtrak’s proposed Gulf Coast service. Full story:...
February 8, 2022 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, February 8, 2022) NEW YORK — Nucor Corporation will start construction this year on a $2.7 billion-plus sheet steel mill in Mason County, W.Va., to be served by CSX. Full story: Railway Age
February 7, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: www.al.com, February 6, 2022) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The head of CSX Transportation has asked customers to weigh in against a proposal to restore passenger rail service between Mobile and New Orleans in a move that Amtrak has decried as a “desperate” scare...
