September 30, 2021 | News, NS, PSR
CLEVELAND, (Sept. 30, 2021) — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD) have joined forces to defeat efforts by Norfolk...
September 14, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: American Journal of Transportation, September 13, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s almost exactly 11 years since the “Heartland Corridor” opened for business, providing an intermodal link from the Port of Norfolk, Virginia to, as the name implies, the U.S....
September 9, 2021 | BNSF, Headlines, NS
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 9, 2021) Since more intermodal capacity is needed to help ease supply-chain congestion that has slowed U.S. container flows, BNSF Railway Co. and Norfolk Southern Railway have reopened key intermodal terminals. On September...
August 30, 2021 | Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, August 28, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Class I railroads are watching whether Hurricane Ida will impact operations on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Full story: Freight Waves
August 18, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Age, August 17, 2021) NEW YORK — The Port of Virginia (POV) processed 293,126 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in July, up 32.6% over the prior-year period, it reported on Aug. 17. Full story: Railway Age
August 17, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Kansas City Star, August 16, 2021) OCONEE, Ga. — A cleanup effort is underway after a train derailed near the downtown area of a central Georgia city on Monday. Central Drive in Oconee is “completely” blocked after a Norfolk Southern train traveling westbound...
August 17, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, August 13, 2021) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern today announced plans to reopen its intermodal facility in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, creating capacity to support economic growth and help ease supply-chain congestion that has...
August 12, 2021 | Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, August 11, 2021) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Chairman, President and CEO Jim Squires on Aug. 6 responded to Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman’s July 22 letter to Class I railroad CEOs requesting information on the extent of...
August 10, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Patriot-News, August 9, 2021) HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Cumberland County Coroner’s Office has ruled that the death of a 58-year-old worker at the Norfolk Southern rail yard in Enola was accidental. Stuart Riggs of Mechanicsburg died Wednesday evening when a...
August 5, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: CBS 21 News, August 4, 2021) CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — A Norfolk Southern employee was killed in an accident Wednesday at the company’s Enola Yard in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County. Full story: www.local21news.com
