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...
October 28, 2022 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Freight Waves, October 27, 2022) Although economic indicators hint at a softening market in the coming months, Norfolk Southern expects continuing improved service to support the railroad through the down cycle. Full story: Freight Waves
October 28, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS, Ports
(Source: CNBC, October 27, 2022) The East Coast continues to dominate in the movement of trade, with the Port of New York and New Jersey taking the top spot as the nation’s busiest seaport for a second-consecutive month. It moved 35% more cargo in September 2022 than...
October 28, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Governing.com, October 28, 2022) The last passenger train between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., ran more than 15 years ago — before Hurricane Katrina sent a massive storm surge barreling into the Gulf Coast, damaging roads and infrastructure and transforming...
October 27, 2022 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, October 26, 2022) ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern Corporation today announced third quarter 2022 financial results which included records for railway operating revenues, income from railway operations, net income, and diluted...
