October 5, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Trains.com, October 4, 2023) Canadian Pacific Kansas City has imposed an 8,500-foot train length restriction on the Meridian Speedway, the shortcut between the Southeast and Southwest that is a joint venture with Norfolk Southern. The move affects just one...
October 5, 2023 | Headlines, NS, Technology
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 2, 2023) For the second time in a month, Norfolk Southern Railway experienced a technology outage that impacted rail operations. On Sept. 30, the Class I announced its data center experienced an outage, which impacted the...
August 10, 2023 | DOL, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: OSHA/ Department of Labor press release, August 9, 2023) After several U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety and health investigations at the East Palestine, Ohio, site where a Norfolk Southern Corp. train derailed in February 2023, the train’s...
August 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Freight Waves, August 9, 2023) Improving communication and training as well as fostering trust between the company and its workers are some of the areas where Norfolk Southern could do better, according to a Wednesday report from the Federal Railroad...
August 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, August 9, 2023) Norfolk Southern made improvements after one of its trains derailed, caught fire and spilled toxic chemicals near an Ohio town, but the company is nowhere near the “gold standard for safety” it is striving to be, according to...
August 9, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Editorial published in The Sharon Herald, August 8, 2023) We were both shocked and impressed by the in-depth reporting done by LNP/ LancasterOnline and WITF on what the news organizations called “toxic trains.” Journalists pieced together an alarming picture...
August 8, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Lancaster Online, August 5, 2023) LANCASTER, Pa. — Dozens of small fires on properties bordering a rail line owned by Norfolk Southern prompted multiple 911 calls to Lancaster County first responders on Wednesday and Thursday. In some cases, fire units that...
August 4, 2023 | CSX, Headlines, Lawsuit, NS
(Source: Trains.com, August 3, 2023) Norfolk Southern, in a lawsuit filed this week in Delaware, accuses CSX Transportation of hampering its access to New England by repeatedly violating the operating agreements related to CSX’s 2022 acquisition of regional Pan Am...
August 1, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, July 31, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board today released its preliminary report about a Norfolk Southern coal train that derailed in Virginia on July 6 after a wheel bearing failure. Full story: Trains.com
July 31, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, July 29, 2023) The best chance for heading off the February derailment in eastern Ohio depended on a Norfolk Southern employee working hundreds of miles away noticing a rapidly heating wheel bearing. Full story: ABC 6
