April 24, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, April 24, 2018) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Indiana Supreme Court will consider the validity of a state law allowing local governments to fine railroads when a stopped train blocks a street for more than 10 minutes. Full story: Dubois County...
April 20, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: www.al.com, April 19, 2018) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The poop train is gone. Parrish, Alabama is now free of smelly containers of human waste that had been parked on railroad tracks in the small Walker County town for more than two months. Full story:...
April 16, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Sandusky Register, April 12, 2018) SANDUSKY, Ohio — A federal judge railed against a defendant acting defiant by not providing the plaintiffs with vital information, which could possibly help their case. In a recent decision, coming out of a U.S. district...
April 11, 2018 | Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Railway Age, April 10, 2018) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern on April 2 responded to the Surface Transportation Board’s March 16 blanket letter requesting information on Class I railroad 2018 service outlooks. Full story: Railway Age
April 6, 2018 | Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 4, 2018) Norfolk Southern Railway’s service “is not where we or our customers need it to be,” the Class I’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer James Squires acknowledged in a letter to the...
April 6, 2018 | Headlines, NS, War on Workers
(Source: Lexington Herald-Leader, April 5, 2018) LEXINGTON, Ky. — Norfolk Southern Railway Co. filed suit against two crew members whom it says were negligent and failed to prevent a March 18 train crash and derailment in Georgetown. Full story: Lexington...
April 5, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: CNN, April 3, 2018) ATLANTA — Right now, dozens of train cars carrying 10 million pounds of poop are stranded in a rural Alabama rail yard. Technically it’s biowaste, but to the 982 residents in the small town of Parrish, that’s just semantics....
April 3, 2018 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, April 3, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation will announce its first-quarter financial results during a conference call and live internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Quarterly earnings...
March 28, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Morning Call, March 27, 2018) ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Pennsylvania has 67 privately run operating railroads, more than any other state, and roughly 5,600 miles of freight line, according to a news release. So it’s little wonder the state would want to keep the...
March 28, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 27, 2018) ATLANTA, Ga. — Across a highway from the gates to the Port of Savannah, crews have cleared trees and driven pilings into the sandy soil to support bridges and a lattice of future rail lines. Full story:...
