February 2, 2024 | Fatality, News, NS, Obituary
It is with heavy hearts that the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) reports that on Wednesday, January 31, locomotive engineer Chris M. Wilson, 55, was killed at the Norfolk Southern yard in Decatur, Alabama. Wilson, a BLET member, was a 30-year...
February 2, 2024 | Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, January 29, 2024) About 1,000 engineers and conductors who work for Norfolk Southern will soon be able to report safety concerns anonymously through a federal system without any fear of discipline. Officials with the unions that signed onto...
February 2, 2024 | Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Television station WDBJ 7, January 30, 2024) The Confidential Close Call Reporting System has been used successfully in the aviation industry, but so far, only about two dozen of the 800 railroads in the U.S. are participating. “It’s a good deal. And it’s a...
February 2, 2024 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains.com, January 31, 2024) An activist investor group has taken a $1 billion stake in Norfolk Southern and aims to wrest control of the company’s board and oust CEO Alan Shaw, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal this evening. Full story:...
February 2, 2024 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, January 31, 2024) The Surface Transportation Board today issued a decision that extends the temporary reporting of employment data through the end of the year and that requires certain updated information from BNSF Railway, CSX, Norfolk Southern,...
January 29, 2024 | News, NS, Railroad Safety, SMART-TD
Joint safety initiative provides employees confidential forum to report safety issues Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC), the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation...
January 26, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Associated Press, January 26, 2024) Norfolk Southern’s fourth-quarter 2023 profit fell 33% because the cleanup costs from last year’s fiery derailment in eastern Ohio. The railroad delivered 3% more shipments during the quarter, but even without the costs...
January 26, 2024 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Trains.com, January 25, 2024) Norfolk Southern told employees today that it will eliminate 7% of its management and staff positions as a cost-cutting move. Full story: Trains.com
January 22, 2024 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains.com, January 19, 2024) The Surface Transportation Board has called for Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and the Port of Mobile, Ala., to provide “detailed information regarding the status of the implementation of the settlement agreement” agreed to in...
January 18, 2024 | Headlines, NS, PSR, Train Length
(Source: Television KTVI, January 16, 2024) CLINTON COUNTY, Illinois — Albers Mayor Steve Schomaker and Police Chief Brian Vielweber said that trains now take 15, 20, even 25 minutes to pass through town. First responders have to wait for them like everyone else, with...
