November 21, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS
(Source: NBC Chicago, November 20, 2023) One person was killed and emergency crews were responding after a freight train struck a semi truck that was stopped on the Norfolk Southern rail yard tracks in Chicago, the Chicago Fire Department said. Full story: NBC...
November 8, 2023 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, November 8, 2023) Cincinnati voters decided on Election Day to allow their city to sell the Cincinnati Southern Railway to Norfolk Southern. Tuesday’s vote was 51.56% in favor of the sale and 48.44% against the sale, according to Ballotpedia....
November 1, 2023 | CPKC, CSX, Headlines, NS, Short Line, STB
(Source: Trains.com, October 27. 2023) Canadian Pacific Kansas City and CSX Transportation told the Surface Transportation Board today that there’s no reason to grant Norfolk Southern’s request for a delay in review of their proposals to create a new through route...
November 1, 2023 | Headlines, NS, PSR, Quarterly Income
(Source: Trains.com analysis by Bill Stephens, October 20, 2023) When Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw outlined the railroad’s long-term growth strategy in December, he couldn’t have been more clear: Keeping train crews on the payroll during freight downturns would hurt...
October 27, 2023 | Headlines, NS, Technology
(Source: Associated Press, October 26, 2023) To help quickly spot safety defects on moving trains, Norfolk Southern said on October 26 it has installed the first of more than a dozen of a new generation of automated inspection portals on its tracks in Ohio. The new...
October 26, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Associated Press, October 25, 2023) Norfolk Southern said its third-quarter 2023 profit of $478 million was half of last year’s $958 million. Without costs related to its derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, NS said it would have made $601 million. The...
October 26, 2023 | CPKC, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains.com, October 26, 2023) Norfolk Southern has asked federal regulators to suspend review of the Canadian Pacific Kansas City and CSX Transportation proposal to create a new through route linking the Southeast and Mexico via Myrtlewood, Ala. Full story:...
October 25, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Reuters, October 18, 2023) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday ordered Norfolk Southern Corp to carry out additional cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio, following the Feb. 3 derailment of a company-operated freight train. Full story:...
October 25, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, October 18, 2023) Several days before a Norfolk Southern conductor trainee was killed by a metal beam protruding from a parked railcar on the next track, workers at a U.S. Pipe facility noticed the beam was hanging off the top of the car but...
October 13, 2023 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains.com, October 9, 2023) The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen’s Ohio State Legislative Board is backing the proposed sale of municipally owned Cincinnati Southern Railway to Norfolk Southern. Full story: Trains.com
