NS to dispose of executive F units, other roster oddities
Norfolk Southern’s executive F units lead an office car train at Harrisburg, Pa., prior to their renumbering. Dan Cupper ALTOONA, Pa. – Norfolk Southern has put its A-B-B-A set of… […]
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Southern Railway passenger trains remembered
…Carolina Special cresting Saluda Grade at Saluda, N.C. Linn H. Westcott SR’s Southern Crescent Washington–New Orleans Southern Crescent departing Atlanta, late 1977. Karl Zimmermann SR’s Southerner New Orleans–Washington Southerner tavern-lounge-observation… […]
Norfolk Southern names Hudson vice president of transportation
ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern has promoted Floyd Hudson, general manager of the Southern Region, to vice president of transportation. Floyd Hudson is Norfolk Southern’s new vice president of transportation. Norfolk… […]
Once-in-a-generation floods hit North Carolina mountain railroads (additional update)
…flooding in Waynesville along the Blue Ridge Southern right-of-way; Trains News Wire has asked Watco for comment. Eyewitness photos submitted to WLOS-TV in Asheville shows Blue Ridge Southern wood chip… […]
Norfolk Southern to lay off more people in Roanoke, move locomotive shops to Altoona NEWSWIRE
…coal traffic in the past decade. Norfolk Southern’s statement follows: “Norfolk Southern today announced the closure of its Roanoke Distribution Center in Virginia and the planned transfer of the work… […]
World War II: The Transcontinental Railroad’s impact
…line was sacrificed to fill metal needs during World War II. Southern Pacific & World War II By the 1940s, the original Transcontinental Railroad main line around the north end… […]
Norfolk Southern begins detour moves of coal that normally moves through Port of Baltimore
An eastbound Norfolk Southern coal train meets a westbound merchandise train at Cassandra, Pa., in April 2022. Bill Stephens ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern today delivered the first coal train diverted… […]
New Louisiana short line makes great strides for Class I carload traffic: Analysis
Dutchtown Southern’s first train on its startup day of Jan. 16, 2021. The former Autauga Northern power had not yet been repainted for the Dutchtown Southern. Watco: Ron Spencer Dutchtown… […]
Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg, Va., marks the crossing for Norfolk Southern’s Southern Railway main line from Washington to Atlanta with the former Norfolk & Western main from Roanoke to Norfolk, and CSX’s former… […]
Justice Department raises competitive concerns over CSX-Pan Am merger
…Justice Department said Thursday. The Pan Am Southern is the joint venture between Pan Am Railways and Norfolk Southern, which provides NS with access to the Boston area via the… […]
Cincinnati Southern sale to go to voters in November
Norfolk Southern has offered to buy the Cincinnati Southern Railway. City of Cincinnati CINCINNATI — Voters will have their say on the sale of the Cincinnati Southern Railway on Nov…. […]
BNSF and Union Pacific at odds over Tehachapi trackage rights rates
…BNSF moves between the Pacific Northwest and Central/Southern California, including traffic that moves beyond Southern California and travels across BNSF’s southern transcontinental route, must traverse the Kern-Mojave Line.” BNSF sends… […]
