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:...
December 13, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, December 9, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Union Pacific, BNSF and Norfolk Southern are putting on hold requirements that all of their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. The railroads had sought to issue companywide mandates because they are...
December 13, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 9, 2021) Norfolk Southern Corp., United States Steel Corp. and The Greenbrier Cos. Inc. today jointly announced a new, more sustainable steel gondola rail car. Full story: Progressive Railroading
