April 11, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Jalopnik, April 10, 2022) Amtrak is hoping to restore passenger rail service between Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana. The federally-owned company operated on the route until it discontinued operations after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Though, Amtrak...
April 8, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 7, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal regulators have ordered officials from BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific to appear a two-day hearing this month regarding ongoing rail service problems. Full story:...
April 8, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age column by Jim Blaze, April 7, 2022) NEW YORK — As the evidentiary hearing regarding the reintroduction and expansion of Amtrak passenger train service between New Orleans and Mobile continues before the Surface Transportation Board, interesting...
April 7, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 6, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern’s view of the impact of potential Amtrak service was a focal point of Wednesday’s third day of hearings on the passenger carrier’s effort to launch two daily round trips between New Orleans...
April 7, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, April 5, 2022) NEW YORK — At this writing, the first witness in the slugfest between Amtrak on one side and CSX, NS and the Port of Mobile on the other, is focusing on confidential matters. That creates an opportunity to think further about the...
April 7, 2022 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, April 5, 2022) ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern Corporation will announce its first-quarter financial results during a live conference call and internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Quarterly earnings results...
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...
