December 14, 2022 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(Source: The AM Reporter, December 13, 2022) Norfolk Southern Co. Director James A. Squires sold 21,272 shares of Norfolk Southern stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 8. The shares were sold at an average price of $245.76, for a total value of...
December 13, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: www.al.com, December 9, 2022) Amtrak’s return to the Gulf Coast will come in 2023, but few details are being disclosed about last month’s settlement in a case before a federal agency that could have national implications over how passenger rail is conducted...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, December 6, 2022) Norfolk Southern will deemphasize the use of furloughs as a way to cut costs during market down cycles. Stakeholders have contended that the furloughs that occurred during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic cut the workforce...
November 28, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, November 23, 2022) Slightly more than one week before the final hearing scheduled before the Surface Transportation Board (STB) concerning proposed Amtrak service between New Orleans and Mobile, the parties apparently have settled their...
November 28, 2022 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(Source: Railway Age, November 21, 2022) Norfolk Southern (NS) on Nov. 21 reported executing a purchase agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of the 337-mile Cincinnati Southern Railway (CSR), which runs between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chattanooga, Tenn. The...
November 15, 2022 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 14, 2022) Norfolk Southern Railway announced today that Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Cindy Sanborn will step down at year’s end after a 35-year career in railroading. She will be succeeded by...
November 15, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 14, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board last week granted a request to extend mediation talks between Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and other parties over Amtrak’s proposal to restore Gulf Coast passenger...
November 3, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 1, 2022) The parties involved in the fight over Amtrak Gulf Coast service want to make one more effort to settle the matter without resuming their hearing before the Surface Transportation Board. Full story: Trains...
October 31, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: www.al.com, October 29, 2022) A final decision could be coming in Amtrak’s quest to restart passenger rail service connecting Mobile to New Orleans. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board, in a news release Friday, set a Dec. 7 date for a voting conference...
October 31, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, October 28, 2022) Citing ongoing service problems at the big four U.S. Class I railroads, federal regulators today ordered BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific to continue reporting expanded performance...
