November 11, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, November 10, 2021) ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern Corporation today formally opened its state-of-the-art headquarters in Midtown Atlanta following a ribbon-cutting ceremony that featured Governor Brian P. Kemp, Senator Raphael...
November 10, 2021 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Trussville Tribune, November 9, 2021) TRUSSVILLE, Ala. — Recent railroad blockages along South Chalkville road are “due to a significant increase in volume” in freight, according to a representative for Norfolk Southern. Full story: Trussville...
November 9, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Associated Press, November 8, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — Another major railroad has gone to court to determine whether it has the authority to require all its employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The BNSF Railway filed a lawsuit Sunday against its...
November 5, 2021 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 4, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern say addition of Amtrak trains along the Gulf Coast would cause a “systematic failure” in their ability to provide freight service, based on traffic modeling, and...
November 5, 2021 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, Short Line, STB
(Source: www.al.com, November 4, 2021) MOBILE, Ala. — The potential harm to the Alabama State Docks “would be calamitous” in Mobile if Amtrak is allowed to restart passenger rail and operate 28 train trips per week connecting the Alabama Port City with New Orleans, a...
November 5, 2021 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: CBS 42, November 5, 2021) TRUSSVILLE, Ala. — A Norfolk Southern Train continues to block a major artery in and out of the city. Businesses and motorists report a train has been stalled on the tracks near the crossing at South Chalkville Road for more than a...
November 5, 2021 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(Source: Times Union, November 5, 2021) MECHANICVILLE, N.Y. — For months, the smell of slowly decaying garbage has loomed over the backyards of West Street. The issue is the train tracks. Pan Am, which has a rail yard just outside the city, has a contract to pick up...
November 3, 2021 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Television station WBRC, November 2, 2021) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Four days later and a train is still blocking a busy West Birmingham intersection. The operating company, Norfolk Southern, told WBRC Monday afternoon that the train would be moved but by that...
November 1, 2021 | News, NS, Unions
On October 29, 2021, the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have responded to the suit Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)...
November 1, 2021 | FRA, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 1, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citing a string of recent train-service employee accidents involving injury or maiming, the Federal Railroad Administration last week again warned Norfolk Southern about deficiencies in its...
