January 3, 2023 | BNSF, CN, Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 2, 2023) CEOs of three Class I railroads are among the impressive list of speakers for this year’s winter meeting of the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers, set for Jan. 17-19 at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in Lombard, Ill....
December 21, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WTVC, December 20, 2022) COLLEGDALE, Tenn. — A train derailed in Collegedale early Tuesday afternoon after it struck a truck across the tracks carrying a 134-foot concrete bridge beam, according to Collegedale Police. Officials say two...
December 20, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, December 19, 2022) Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern, the Southern Rail Commission and the Port of Mobile, Ala., plan to spend $223 million on improvements to the rail line between New Orleans and Mobile as part of an effort to...
December 14, 2022 | Fatality, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WBRC, December 13, 2022) BESSEMER, Ala. — One person was killed this morning in a railway accident in Bessemer according to officials. Bessemer police say a train conductor trainee was killed. Bessemer Police and Investigators from Norfolk...
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...
