January 20, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS, Technology, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 19, 2022) PLEASANTON, Calif. — Supply-chain technology firm Blume Global has announced a collaborative information platform to coordinate cross-country shipments. Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and CSX will be partners in the...
January 20, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NS
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 17, 2022) The commonwealth of Virginia has finalized a definitive agreement with Norfolk Southern Corp. to expand passenger-rail service to the New River Valley for the first time since 1979, Virginia officials announced last...
January 20, 2022 | Headlines, NS, Technology
(Source: Supply Chain Brain, January 19, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Moving freight by rail is the most environmentally friendly mode of ground transport, with the average U.S. railroad moving one ton of freight 470 miles per gallon of fuel. A new type of railcar aims to...
January 14, 2022 | BNSF, CP, Headlines, KCS, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 13, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — BNSF Railway and Norfolk Southern may both seek trackage rights over Kansas City Southern routes in order to preserve competition as part of the proposed Canadian Pacific-KCS merger. Full story: Trains...
January 13, 2022 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 12, 2022) LOMBARD, Ill. — Alan Shaw, the new President of Norfolk Southern, introduced himself to the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers with a statement he clearly would have preferred to avoid. Full story: Trains...
January 13, 2022 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 12, 2022) LOMBARD, Ill. — New Norfolk Southern President Alan Shaw showed a nice touch of self-deprecating humor in his Wednesday luncheon speech before MARS and the Traffic Club of Chicago, as demonstrated with his description of his...
January 13, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Axios, January 12, 2022) COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Amtrak station could come to the Greater Columbus Convention Center if the city’s goal of bringing passenger rail to Columbus stays on track. The Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority recently...
January 10, 2022 | Headlines, NS
(Source: www.al.com, January 9, 2022) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The recent announcement of a new “Alabama-USA” rail corridor holds out the tantalizing, and lucrative, possibility that the state could help solve the nation’s supply-chain problems. But it also illuminates an...
January 7, 2022 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 6, 2022) PHOENIX — Siding extensions and intermodal-terminal upgrades highlight the capacity-improvement aspects of Norfolk Southern’s 2022 capital spending plan, as outlined Thursday by the railroad’s vice president of engineering,...
January 5, 2022 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, January 4, 2022) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A nearly $232 million project funded mostly by Norfolk Southern Corp. will upgrade rail transportation between the Port of Mobile and central Alabama, the governor’s office said Tuesday. Full story:...
