February 2, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 2, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) yesterday announced details for the upcoming hearing on Amtrak’s application to reintroduce passenger-rail service along part of the Gulf Coast. Full story: Progressive...
February 2, 2022 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 31, 2022) MOBILE, Ala. — The Alabama Port Authority will build an intermodal container transfer facility in Montgomery, Ala., to be served by CSX Transportation, after the authority’s board of directors approved a $2.042 million...
February 1, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, January 31, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Eastern U.S. railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern are involved in two projects aimed at bolstering intermodal infrastructure and assets in the South and Midwest. Full story: Freight...
January 26, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, DOT, FRA, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, January 26, 2022) NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) have been allowed to file additional comments with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) regarding Amtrak’s application to...
January 21, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Railway Age, January 20, 2022) NEW YORK — CSX was the second Class I railroad to report fourth-quarter 2021 financial results on Jan. 20; it posted net earnings of $934 million (or $0.42 per share), a 22% boost from the prior-year period’s $760 million (or...
January 21, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: CSX press release, January 20, 2022) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp. today announced fourth quarter 2021 net earnings of $934 million, or $0.42 per share, compared to $760 million, or $0.33 per share in the same period last year. Fourth quarter 2021 operating...
January 20, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS, Technology, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 19, 2022) PLEASANTON, Calif. — Supply-chain technology firm Blume Global has announced a collaborative information platform to coordinate cross-country shipments. Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and CSX will be partners in the...
January 13, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Axios, January 12, 2022) COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Amtrak station could come to the Greater Columbus Convention Center if the city’s goal of bringing passenger rail to Columbus stays on track. The Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority recently...
January 11, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, Short Line, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 7, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) yesterday provided additional details on the upcoming public hearing on the revised application for CSX’s proposed acquisition of Pan Am Systems Inc. and its subsidiaries. The...
January 7, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 6, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — BNSF Railway led the big six Class I railroads in growth in 2021, a year in which rail volume rebounded from the pandemic-related lows of 2020 yet struggled to overcome kinks in the global supply chain....
