February 6, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, February 6, 2023) EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Officials monitoring the smoldering, tangled wreckage of a train derailment in northeastern Ohio urgently warned hundreds of nearby residents who had declined to evacuate to do so Sunday night, saying...
February 6, 2023 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, February 1, 2023) CHICAGO — The City Council agreed Wednesday to vacate streets and alleys to pave the way for a $150 million expansion of Norfolk Southern Railway’s intermodal yard in Englewood after the local alderperson lifted the...
January 30, 2023 | Headlines, NS
(Source: CBS Pittsburgh, January 30, 2023) A Norfolk Southern locomotive caught on fire on Sunday morning in Westmoreland County. Full story: CBS Pittsburgh
January 25, 2023 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 25, 2023) ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern Corporation today announced fourth quarter and full-year 2022 financial results. The company marked fourth quarter and annual records for railway operating revenue and income from...
January 25, 2023 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Associated Press, January 25, 2023) Norfolk Southern railroad delivered 4% more fourth-quarter profit even though the number of shipments it hauled dipped slightly because it collected more surcharges for higher fuel prices and raised the rates it charges....
January 19, 2023 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 18, 2023) Norfolk Southern’s lift bridge across the Tennessee River at Decatur, Ala., will be out of service for up to five days after it was struck by a vessel, the railroad said in a service advisory on Tuesday. Full story: Trains...
January 19, 2023 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WPXI, January 18, 2023) ALLEGHENY COUTY, Pa. — Norfolk Southern held its final public open house of the proposed $28 million project on Wednesday night. The railroad wants to use double-stack trains. Essentially, it’s just one container...
January 18, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Television station WIAT, January 17, 2023) BESSEMER, Ala. — New details have been released regarding a Norfolk Southern employee who died on December 13. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a preliminary report regarding the incident where the...
January 18, 2023 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, Ports, PSR, Shippers, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, January 16, 2023) The near-term future of freight rail might be one marked by collaboration, whether that’s through private or public partnerships among other supply chain stakeholders or between the railroads themselves as they compete against...
January 13, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, NS
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, January 11, 2023) The driver of a vehicle that was struck by a Norfolk Southern train in Tennessee last month, resulting in a major derailment that was caught on camera, has been arrested. Full story: Railfan & Railroad...
