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
December 13, 2021 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines, NS
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 8, 2021) A federal judge yesterday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors. U.S. District Court Judge R. Stan Baker in Georgia issued...
December 13, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Load Star, December 8, 2021) LONDON — US importers and forwarders are looking to New York’s Port Elizabeth Terminal for a faster intermodal link to the US Midwest and Canada. Full story: The Load Star
December 13, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Savannah Morning News, December 7, 2021) SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) continues to expand its capacity at the Port of Savannah while seeing a downward trend in the amount of containers stuck on terminal, indicating a gradual relief of...
December 13, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 2, 2021) Norfolk Southern Corp. today announced that Chairman and CEO James Squires plans to retire May 1, 2022, at which time Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Alan Shaw will become CEO. Full story:...
