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...
March 9, 2022 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 7, 2022) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A Norfolk Southern project to increase clearances to allow double-stack intermodal operations through a Pittsburgh neighborhood awaits city council ratification after being approved by a mediator. Full story:...
March 8, 2022 | BNSF, CN, CP, CSX, Headlines, KCS, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: NBC News, March 7, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Accountable.US, a nonprofit group that examines corporations and special interests, said the seven major railways, which dominate an industry that carries about 40 percent of U.S. freight, collected a record $1.18...
March 8, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 2, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern sees the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger as a threat to its Meridian Speedway intermodal traffic. Full story: Trains Magazine
March 7, 2022 | BNSF, CN, CP-KCS Merger, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 3, 2022) BNSF Railway Co., CN, CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and Union Pacific Railroad on Monday filed their “comments and request for conditions” with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) on the proposed merger...
February 25, 2022 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, February 23, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern admits that its rail network is congested, particularly for international intermodal and automotive products services. But the railroad hopes that aggressive efforts to hire additional...
February 22, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, February 21, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Because Amtrak must use the freight rail network, any expansion of passenger rail service could affect not only freight rail operations but also the shippers and ports that depend on the freight rail...
