May 31, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, Oil Train
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 29, 2022) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — All of the rail cars from Thursday’s train derailment in Hamar have been removed from Guys Run Creek, including a car containing petroleum distillate, the Environmental Protection Agency said...
May 31, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, May 27, 2022) NEW YORK — The slugfest between Amtrak on one side and CSX, NS, and the Port of Mobile on the other, has been long. It has lasted for ten full days plus an afternoon so far, and reached its originally scheduled conclusion on...
May 31, 2022 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WTOL, May 27, 2022) SANDUSKY, Ohio — Norfolk Southern’s “dual-rail gang,” which is made up of about 80 people, is tasked with replacing the 19,500 miles of N.S.-owned track, improving the structure of the rail system. It is the...
May 27, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, Oil Train
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 26, 2022) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — More than a dozen train cars derailed Thursday afternoon after a train collided with a dump truck in Harmar, sending many of the cars into an inlet along the Allegheny River. The driver of the truck and...
May 27, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, Oil Train
(Source: Television station WTAE, May 26, 2022) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Emergency management crews continue a major clean up the morning after a train derailed Thursday afternoon in Harmar Township, Allegheny County. In all, 17 cars derailed in the incident. Nine train cars...
May 26, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Railway Age, May 25, 2022) NEW YORK — BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS) and Union Pacific (UP) have answered the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) call to submit service recovery plans—identifying the steps they will take to clear congestion and improve...
May 25, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, Hi-Viz, NS, STB, UP
(Source: Commentary published by Material Handling & Logistics, May 24, 2022) In our current era, supporting the mental health of employees has become as vital to the success of a business as is assuring their physical health and safety. Employers have become...
May 25, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, May 25, 2022) NEW YORK — CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS), and the Alabama State Port Authority and its Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks division (collectively, the Port) are again requesting Surface Transportation Board (STB)-sponsored mediation...
May 24, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 23, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The four largest U.S. Class I railroads have told federal regulators that their conductor training programs and hiring pipelines are full as they try to restore service to normal levels amid widespread crew...
May 24, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS, Short Line
(Source: Freight Waves, May 23, 2022) Georgia Central Railway will service Hyundai Motor Group’s new $5.5 billion electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facility near Savannah, Georgia, its parent company Genesee & Wyoming announced Monday. Georgia Central has...
