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...
January 12, 2024 | BNSF, CN, CPKC, CSX, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Trains.com, January 10, 2024) The theme may not be new, but the emphasis seems to be increasing. The idea that railroads need to work together — and that doing so can be beneficial to all parties, not just the railroads involved, but their customers as well —...
January 10, 2024 | Fatality, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WRDW, January 7, 2023) In 2005, nine lives were lost and hundreds were injured after two Norfolk Southern trains collided near the Avondale Mills Plant in Graniteville. Over 250 people were treated for toxic chlorine exposure. Full story:...
December 21, 2023 | CN, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Pro Publica, December 15, 2023) When questioned by federal officials or faced with an accident, the nation’s powerful freight railroad companies say they are among the safest employers in America and tout their injury records to prove it. But those statistics...
December 8, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, December 8, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board is calling for backup cameras on maintenance-of-way machinery, as well as other safety recommendations, as a result of a fatal accident involving a Norfolk Southern track gang at Reed,...
December 8, 2023 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains.com, November 28, 2023) Norfolk Southern is installing Wabtec’s Yard Planner system at Norris Yard in Irondale, Ala., as part of an effort to improve the hump yard’s efficiency and make service more consistent. Full story:...
December 7, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, December 6, 2023) Norfolk Southern railroad plans to stop paying relocation aid to people displaced by last February’s fiery derailment in eastern Ohio right after the one-year anniversary of the crash. Full story: Associated...
