December 11, 2008 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(The following column by Jonathan Broder appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on December 11.) PHILADELPHIA — On April 1, 1976, Consolidated Rail Corp. – Conrail – came into existence. Born out of the once unthinkable bankruptcies of most of the...
December 8, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Kathy Adams appeared at hamptonroads.com on December 7, 2008) HAMPTON ROADS, Va – In a camouflage baseball cap and orange Harley-Davidson T-shirt, Mike Barton doesn’t look much like Santa Claus. He drives a 4,000-horsepower...
December 5, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Kevin Flanigan appeared at wearecentralpa.com on December 2, 2008) ALTOONA, Pa – As the National Economy continues to struggle, one local employer says they are seeing a surge in business. Over the last couple of years, the railroad...
December 3, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by William Kibler, appeared at altoonamirror.com on December 3, 2008) ALTOONA, Pa – The Juniata Locomotive Shop is a kingdom of grease and heavy steel, but also “one of the crown jewels” of the Norfolk Southern railway, said...
December 2, 2008 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Timothy O’Connor appeared on the News-Dispatch website on December 1.) LA PORTE, Ind. — There was potential for derailment when alleged thieves forced freight trains to make emergency stops, a Federal Railroad Administration spokesman...
November 25, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on November 24.) NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On November 13 Norfolk Southern completed the installation of a 50 kilowatt wind turbine at its rail yard in North Kansas City to power the yard’s wastewater treatment plant. The wind...
November 19, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on November 19.) NORFOLK, Va. — In observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday, Norfolk Southern will curtail (non-intermodal) freight operations beginning 11:00 PM on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 and resume full operations at 7:00...
November 18, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Reuters circulated the following story by Christopher Doering on November 17.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Surging U.S. ethanol production may force the industry to step up transport safety measures in the face of growing concern that communities are ill-prepared to deal with...
November 18, 2008 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(The following appeared at WNDU.com on November 17.) SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Eight men have been charged with stealing items from trains in northern Indiana. The defendants are John A. Frederick, Phillip A. Montorsi, Victor A. Montorsi, William J. Montorsi, Ryan P....
November 18, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Michael Schroeder appeared on The Journal Gazette website on November 18.) FORT WAYNE, Ind. — On Monday night, the Fort Wayne-Allen County health board approved a local ordinance regulating railroad mobile camp car systems stopping in Allen...
