June 15, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 11, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger threatens to degrade intermodal service on the Meridian Speedway that serves as a shortcut between the Southeast and Southwest, Norfolk Southern told federal...
June 9, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 9, 2022) Overall on-time performance for the big four U.S. Class I railroads has fallen from a pre-pandemic average of 85% to just 67% in the last week of May 2022, as crew shortages continue to plague rail service. The extent of the...
June 9, 2022 | Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 8, 2022) Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific are teaming up to deliver Hapag-Lloyd international containers from the Port of Virginia to destinations on the West Coast. Full story: Trains Magazine
June 8, 2022 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Age, June 7, 2022) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern (NS) on June 7 rang The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Opening Bell®, marking the 40th anniversary of the merger that created the Class I railroad. Full story: Railway Age
June 7, 2022 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(Source: Market Beat, June 2, 2022) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Co. CEO Alan H. Shaw sold 1,000 shares of Norfolk Southern stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 1. The shares were sold at an average price of $241.84, for a total transaction of $241,840.00....
June 1, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 1, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak’s continuing effort to gain access to data relating to freight traffic on the route of its proposed Gulf Coast passenger service has drawn strong protest from CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern....
June 1, 2022 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 1, 2022) PITTSBURGH — Norfolk Southern has received final approval for clearance projects that will allow double-track container traffic to move on one of its routes through Pittsburgh. Full story: Trains Magazine
May 31, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, Oil Train
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 29, 2022) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — All of the rail cars from Thursday’s train derailment in Hamar have been removed from Guys Run Creek, including a car containing petroleum distillate, the Environmental Protection Agency said...
May 31, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, May 27, 2022) NEW YORK — The slugfest between Amtrak on one side and CSX, NS, and the Port of Mobile on the other, has been long. It has lasted for ten full days plus an afternoon so far, and reached its originally scheduled conclusion on...
May 31, 2022 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WTOL, May 27, 2022) SANDUSKY, Ohio — Norfolk Southern’s “dual-rail gang,” which is made up of about 80 people, is tasked with replacing the 19,500 miles of N.S.-owned track, improving the structure of the rail system. It is the...
