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Check out the heavy mainline action on Norfolk Southern’s famed Christiansburg Grade in Virginia! You’ll see today’s modern railroading complete with heritage power and steam on this former Norfolk & Western route. […]
Check out the heavy mainline action on Norfolk Southern’s famed Christiansburg Grade in Virginia! You’ll see today’s modern railroading complete with heritage power and steam on this former Norfolk & Western route. […]
Stephen C. Tobias Norfolk Southern NORFOLK, Va. — Stephen C. Tobias, Norfolk Southern’s former vice chairman and chief operating officer, died Aug. 7. He was 72. Under Tobias’ operations leadership, NS won an unprecedented 15 consecutive Harriman Gold Medal Awards for the best safety performance among U.S. Class I railroads. “He was a great railroader […]
NS EMD GP38-2 No. 5130 leads a work train through the N&W CPL signals at Rogers near Roderfield, W.Va., in April 2013. Chase Gunnoe ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern is ready to sell more than 70 EMD GP38-2 high-hood locomotives and five passenger cars in an equipment auction planned for Aug. 17 in Roanoke. The […]
Norfolk Southern plans to consolidate its Central Division operations into neighboring divisions, reducing its total operating territories from 10 divisions to nine. Norfolk Southern NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern will dissolve its Central Division operations into three surrounding divisions by early November, a railroad news release announced on Tuesday. The move will reduce NS’ operating […]
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern will do away with its hump yard operations at its DeButts yard in Chattanooga, the Times Free Press reports. The decision to close down its hump yard operations will result cut about 74 of the 495 jobs assigned to the facility. The job cuts affect 42 car repair employees, 23 […]
This photo shows NS No. 4001, a DC-to-AC conversion unit leading NS train No. 218 through Prichard, W.Va., last August. No. 4001 was severely damaged in a coal train derailment in Pennsylvania on Friday. It is one of only two blue-and-grey locomotives painted by NS. Chase Gunnoe MATTAWANA, Pa. — Norfolk Southern is still investigating […]
Augusta, Ga. Google Maps AUGUSTA, Ga. — Norfolk Southern, BNSF Railway, and CSX Transportation have dispatched executive trains to the 2017 Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta. The trains are run for the benefit of shippers and other guests of the railroads, with the primary purpose of providing overnight accommodations […]
BELLEVUE, Ohio — Residents in a northern Ohio community are filing a federal lawsuit against Norfolk Southern because they allege its Moorman hump yard in Bellevue is too noisy. The Murray & Murray law firm recently filed a class-action federal lawsuit against the Class I railroad for what they refer to as “one of the […]
Take a look inside the Fort Wayne, Ind., hub of Norfolk Southern subsidiary Triple Crown Services. You’ll see a variety of motive power with this unique RoadRailer freight equipment that is now largely retired. Only from Trains Magazine! For another look at the Triple Crown RoadRailer trains, check out our Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District video. […]
Take a look inside the Fort Wayne, Ind., hub of Norfolk Southern subsidiary Triple Crown Services. You’ll see a variety of motive power with this unique RoadRailer freight equipment that is now largely retired. Only from Trains Magazine! For another look at the Triple Crown RoadRailer trains, check out our Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District video. […]
E. Hunter Harrison Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta – Former Canadian Pacific CEO E. Hunter Harrison is barred from heading to Canadian National, BNSF Railway, and Union Pacific, CP disclosed in a regulatory filing today. That leaves open the possibility that Harrison could seek management opportunities at CSX Transportation — as reported — or Norfolk Southern […]
