SPENCER, N.C. — A 65-year-old North Carolina man was killed in a Norfolk Southern rail yard on Dec. 15 after a load of pressed particle board fell on top of him. The victim was identified as Kenneth Martin Eder of Carthage who was working in the Spencer rail yard as a contractor, WBTV News reports. […]
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Norfolk Southern makes move to Atlanta official NEWSWIRE
ATLANTA — It’s official: Norfolk Southern is moving its headquarters to Atlanta. “Alignment, collaboration, and accountability are the hallmarks of Norfolk Southern’s plan to transform this company and its culture. Our new headquarters in Atlanta advances these key elements of success,” CEO Jim Squires told employees in announcing the move, according to a company press […]
Norfolk Southern to spin off branches, commuter-line trackage rights in NJ, NY NEWSWIRE
Chesapeake & Delaware via the Surface Transportation Board Middletown & New Jersey Railroad via the Surface Transportation Board WASHINGTON — Norfolk Southern is spinning off branch lines in New Jersey and New York, along with related trackage rights on commuter railroads, to short line operators. Dover & Delaware River Railroad will lease 27.2 miles of […]
Amtrak study on Virginia service delayed by NS NEWSWIRE
Amtrak service returned to Roanoke in October 2017. A study on extending service to the southwest, into the New River Valley, is on hold. Bob Johnston CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — A study to determine what is needed to bring Amtrak service to Christiansburg and the New River Valley has been placed on hold because Norfolk Southern […]
Union Pacific downgrades Salt Lake City yard, prunes intermodal service with Norfolk Southern NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific’s Roper Yard, Salt Lake City Google Maps OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific is downgrading Roper Yard in Salt Lake City and shifting manifest switching 40 miles north to Ogden, Utah, and is pruning low-volume interline intermodal lanes operated in conjunction with Norfolk Southern. The separate moves, which the railroad announced in a pair […]
Norfolk Southern begins blending unit-train traffic in shift to new operating plan NEWSWIRE
NEW YORK — If you want to see the beginning of Norfolk Southern’s move toward an operating plan based on the principles of Precision Scheduled Railroading, look no further than train 23G. A few times a week, the international intermodal train linking St. Louis; Louisville, Ky.; and Norfolk, Va.; pauses in Knoxville, Tenn., to pick […]
Federal regulators ask Norfolk Southern to report weekly on operating changes NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have asked Norfolk Southern to begin weekly conference calls to keep them updated on operational changes as the railroad moves toward adopting principles of Precision Scheduled Railroading. Surface Transportation Board Chairman Ann Begeman made the request in a Nov. 27 letter to NS CEO Jim Squires. “I am writing to inform […]
NS says broken rail caused August derailment onto Pittsburgh light rail line NEWSWIRE
Norfolk Southern says this August derailment onto a Pittsburgh light rail line was caused by a broken rail. Port Authority of Allegheny County (Pa.) PITTSBURGH — Norfolk Southern says a broken rail caused the August derailment which sent cars from a stack train tumbling onto a station of Pittsburgh’s light rail system. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review […]
Railroad investigating runaway tank car in Pennsylvania NEWSWIRE
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Railroad officials are looking into why a tank car began rolling and kept going for 11 miles Sunday before Norfolk Southern railroaders could climb onto the car and apply handbrakes to stop it. The Morning Call of Allentown reports that a paraffin wax-filled tank car went rolling from Emmaus, Pa. The car […]
Norfolk Southern SD70ACC leads train into Chicago for first time NEWSWIRE
CHICAGO — Norfolk Southern train 27K arrives in Chicago on Nov. 8 with rebuilt SD70ACC No. 1800 leading. It was released for service last week from the company’s Altoona, Pa., shops. The locomotive was rebuilt from NS SD70 No. 2537, which was built in 1994 with a standard cab and direct current traction motors. Progress Rail […]
Norfolk Southern: PSR will help close operating-ratio gap with CSX NEWSWIRE
NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern is approaching Precision Scheduled Railroading differently than CSX Transportation, with a much slower timetable and no appetite for disruptive change. But NS sees no reason why it can’t close productivity and operating ratio gaps with its more efficient eastern rival, Chief Financial Officer Cynthia Earhart says. “The biggest difference for […]
NS wins challenge of Indiana blocked-crossing law
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court ruled for Norfolk Southern on Monday in its challenge of the state’s blocked-crossing law, finding that Allen County could not fine the railroad for blocking public roads. The Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette reports that the court, in a 5-0 ruling, said the 1972 state law, which barred railroads […]
