October 21, 2019 | BNSF, Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Age opinion column by Jim Blaze, October 20, 2019) NEW YORK — It’s third-quarter 2019 railroad financial results reporting time, and sometimes, insight about rail freight markets comes from strange places. One of those might just be the quarterly...
October 15, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WRCB, October 15, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A former conductor for Norfolk Southern Railway Company is suing. Ronnie Sparks claims his job caused his cancer. Full story: www.wrcbtv.com
October 10, 2019 | Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: S&P Global Platts, October 9, 2019) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Several US steelmakers and aluminum companies have filed a pair of lawsuits alleging the country’s four largest railroad companies conspired to fix prices over a period of at least five years,...
October 8, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, October 7, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Container volume growth on the East Coast of North America continues to outpace growth on the West Coast, despite longer ocean transit times and higher prices from Asia. But the eastern railroads are not...
October 8, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station Fox 19, October 7, 2019) FAIRFIELD, Ohio — Multiple first responders are on scene after two trains collided in the northern Cincinnati suburbs early Tuesday, sending two crew members to a hospital, according to Norfolk Southern Railway and...
October 3, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Televisions station KOMU, October 2, 2019) CHARITON COUNTY, Mo. — In a small town of just 816 people, major events like a bridge collapse bring them together. A logjam on the Grand River Bridge near Brunswick took out the structure Tuesday evening. The video,...
October 2, 2019 | Headlines, NS, Railroad Security
(Source: Lehigh Valley Live, October 1, 2019) EASTON, Pa. — A man drinking a beer while walking through a Northampton County rail yard couldn’t keep his hands to himself, authorities said. Full story: Lehigh Valley Live
October 2, 2019 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, October 2, 2019) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation will announce its third-quarter financial results during a conference call and live internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Quarterly earnings...
October 2, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Ag Web, October 2, 2019) MEXICO, Mo. — Farmers along the Missouri River and its tributaries are bracing for more flooding the week. Heavy rainfall, combined with excess water continuing to make its way down the river from South Dakota, is a bad combination...
September 30, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: The Indy Channel, September 27, 2019) MUNCIE, Ind. — Drivers in Muncie are frustrated as stopped trains continue to cause significant disruptions. Groups of people are fed up with the trains blocking streets for up to four hours at a time. First responders...
