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...
October 29, 2021 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, October 29, 2021) NEW YORK — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the SMART Transportation Division (SMART–TD) have each filed Motions for Preliminary Injunctions against Norfolk Southern in the United States District...
October 29, 2021 | News, NS
CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 28 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the SMART Transportation Division (SMART–TD) escalated their fight against Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) to stop the railroad from forcing locomotive engineers to work as...
October 28, 2021 | Headlines, NS, PSR, Quarterly Income
(Source: Associated Press, October 27, 2021) OMAHA, Neb. — Norfolk Southern’s third-quarter profit jumped 32% even though the number of shipments the railroad delivered remained relatively flat because it was able to increase prices on most categories of freight. Full...
October 28, 2021 | Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Argus Media, October 27, 2021) NEW YORK — U.S. railroads Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS) are asking a federal court to bar union employees from striking or calling out sick in response to the carriers’ vaccine mandates. Full story: Argus...
