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:...
January 4, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, January 3, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Surface Transportation Board should not be swayed by the political winds that appear to support Amtrak’s ambitions when it comes to restoring passenger rail service between Mobile, Alabama, and New...
January 3, 2022 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, December 30, 20210 ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern Corporation will announce its fourth-quarter financial results during a live conference call and internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. EST on Wednesday, January 26, 2022. Quarterly earnings...
December 28, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 28, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In filings that maintain if not elevate the level of acrimony between the two sides, CSX and Norfolk Southern have attacked almost every aspect of Amtrak’s response to their initial argument in the...
December 28, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 26, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three things happened that put railroads in a bind. Furloughed conductors found work elsewhere. Train and engine crews quit or retired at higher rates than usual. And an extremely tight job market made it...
December 28, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, UP
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, December 21, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Demand for rail freight came roaring back in 2021 after a pandemic-induced decline. But at times, there seemed to be more business than railroads could handle. Full story: Supply Chain...
December 21, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 21, 2021) ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern has introduced an incentive program to improve container movement in and out of international intermodal facilities in Chicago and Kansas City, Mo. Full story: Trains...
December 14, 2021 | Headlines, NS, PSR, STB
(Source: Railway Age, December 13, 2021) NEW YORK — In a Nov. 23 letter submitted to NS Chairman and CEO James A. Squires (who has since transferred his President role to Shaw), STB Chairman Oberman wrote that NS’s recent key operating metrics “are hovering far below...
December 13, 2021 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 13, 2021) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Norfolk Southern’s Southern Railway heritage unit, ES44AC No. 8099, was among two locomotives damaged when a train hit a rock slide and derailed early Sunday in Pittsburgh’s Baldwin Borough. Full story:...
