February 7, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: www.al.com, February 6, 2022) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The head of CSX Transportation has asked customers to weigh in against a proposal to restore passenger rail service between Mobile and New Orleans in a move that Amtrak has decried as a “desperate” scare...
February 2, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 2, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) yesterday announced details for the upcoming hearing on Amtrak’s application to reintroduce passenger-rail service along part of the Gulf Coast. Full story: Progressive...
February 2, 2022 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(Source: Bluefield Daily Telegraph, February 1, 2022) BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A railroad line passing through Bluefield, Va. has reopened after a derailment that closed it early Monday morning was cleared. Full story: Bluefield Daily Telegraph
February 1, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, January 31, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Eastern U.S. railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern are involved in two projects aimed at bolstering intermodal infrastructure and assets in the South and Midwest. Full story: Freight...
February 1, 2022 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Bluefield Daily Telegraph, January 31, 2022) BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A train derailment involving 30 cars has occurred in the town limits of Bluefield, Va. An intermodal Norfolk Southern train derailed 30 cars near Bluefield, Connor Spielmaker, media relations...
January 28, 2022 | Headlines, NS, Technology
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 28, 2022) Norfolk Southern Railway has installed five new diesel-electric hybrid overhead gantry cranes at its Chicago Landers and Atlanta Inman intermodal terminals. Full story: Progressive Railroading
January 27, 2022 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Associated Press, January 26, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — Norfolk Southern railroad delivered 13% greater profit in the fourth quarter even though the amount of cargo it transported declined because it was able to raise rates. The Atlanta-based company said it earned...
January 26, 2022 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 26, 2022) ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern Corporation today reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 financial results which included fourth-quarter and full-year records for income from railway operations and operating...
January 26, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, DOT, FRA, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, January 26, 2022) NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) have been allowed to file additional comments with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) regarding Amtrak’s application to...
January 24, 2022 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: State Journal-Register, January 21, 2022) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A Norfolk Southern Railway freight train partially derailed Friday morning on the south side of Springfield, losing six cars and delaying the arrival of an Amtrak train on the way to the city. The...
