April 5, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 4, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Monday’s first day of a Surface Transportation Board hearing on Amtrak’s request to initiate service between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., moved so slowly that some attorneys speculated that the four days...
April 1, 2022 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Television station WCPO, March 30, 2022) LOCKLAND, Ohio — A family’s home in Lockland was damaged by a fire Thursday morning, but first responders said the damage might not have been as bad if they could have arrived faster. Lockland Fire Chief Doug...
March 30, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, March 29, 2022) NEW YORK — Surface Transportation Board-sponsored mediation is the best means “to facilitate a prompt and orderly commencement of Gulf Coast passenger service while protecting the customers and shipping partners that rely on...
March 30, 2022 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, March 29, 2022) ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern Corporation announced on March 29 that its Board of Directors has authorized a new program for the repurchase of up to $10 billion of its common stock beginning April 1, 2022. The...
March 29, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 28, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The trade group representing grain producers says severe delays on BNSF Railway, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific have forced its members to shut down flour mills as well as feed mills that produce food...
March 24, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 23, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal regulators should toss out Norfolk Southern’s request for trackage rights over Kansas City Southern from Shreveport, La., to the Dallas area as part of the proposed Canadian Pacific-KCS merger, CSX...
March 24, 2022 | Headlines, NS, Technology
(Source: Wabtec Corp. press release, March 23, 2022) ATLANTA and PITTSBURGH — Wabtec Corporation announced today an additional multi-year order from Norfolk Southern to modernize 330 locomotives as part of its continued partnership. This deal is part of Norfolk...
March 16, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 15, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has directed Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and related parties to be prepared to address several issues at the April 4 evidentiary hearing on Amtrak’s proposal to...
March 10, 2022 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, March 8, 2022) NEW YORK — A Norfolk Southern train derailment over the weekend had Amtrak cancelling trips. The accident happened in Perryman, Md., on the Northeast Corridor around 2 a.m. on March 5. The Northeast Corridor is...
March 10, 2022 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Television station WSBT, March 9, 2022) GOSHEN, Ind. — Drivers are stopping in their tracks or literally stopping by the tracks in Goshen. Parked trains are plaguing drivers for hours on end. There is frustration, not just from those drivers but also Goshen’s...
