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...
February 22, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 18, 2022) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Pennsylvania and Norfolk Southern Railway are finalizing an agreement for several hundred millions of dollars in rail and station improvements over the next five years that will clear the way for a...
February 18, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, February 17, 2022) NEW YORK — This latest skirmish was fought hard on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 15 and 16. Holding their grounds through it all were Amtrak, joined by elected and other officials from Mississippi and advocates for passenger...
February 17, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine analysis by Bob Johnston, February 16, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Questions raised by Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman and other board members Wednesday, during the second day of a hearing over Amtrak service on the Gulf...
February 16, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, February 15, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Active cross-examination by Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman and other board members marked almost eight hours of testimony Tuesday on the first of two days of public comment on the...
