Southern Pacific passenger trains remembered
…N.Mex., April 1947. D. L. Ingersoll SP’s City of San Francisco Chicago–Oakland City of San Francisco crossing Suisun Bay bridge near Martinez, Calif., in September 1950. John C. Illman SP’s… […]
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Activist investor questions NS decision to give CEO Alan Shaw a 37% raise (updated)
Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw. NS CLEVELAND – Activist investor Ancora Holdings has asked the Norfolk Southern board to explain why it gave CEO Alan Shaw a 37% raise last… […]
Canada to fund expansion at Port Saint John, short line New Brunswick Southern
…to help fund capacity expansion projects at Port Saint John, New Brunswick, as well as to upgrade rail facilities in Saint John and McAdam on short line New Brunswick Southern…. […]
Bill Purdie, Southern’s steam master, dies NEWSWIRE
Southern Railway’s master mechanic-steam occupies the engineer’s seat of Tennessee Valley 630 during a 1980s excursion. Jim Wrinn ATLANTA – Bill Purdie, the beloved master mechanic for Southern Railway’s extensive… […]
Federal regulators OK Norfolk Southern acquisition of Cincinnati Southern
…Cincinnati since 1881. NS WASHINGTON – Federal regulators today approved Norfolk Southern’s proposed $1.62 billion acquisition of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, which it has leased from the City of Cincinnati… […]
CSX begins operating New England regional Pan Am Railways
…network while expanding its reach in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. CSX also steps into Pan Am Railways’ shoes in the Pan Am Southern, the joint venture with Norfolk Southern… […]
Southern Pacific could never stick with one paint scheme
Southern Pacific Southern Pacific experimented with Sulzer diesel technology. Four retired GE U25Bs were used as cores for the project, and given its own paint schemes. Promptly dubbed Popsicles, the… […]
Southern Appalachia Railway Museum reunites ‘Man o’ War’ equipment
…see service on Southern trains until 1979, when Southern finally joined Amtrak and the equipment was sold off. More information on the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum, a 501(c)3 corporation founded… […]
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad remembered
…befell the Katy. Its 1865 charter was for the Union Pacific Southern Branch. Although it connected with the Kansas Pacific (merged by UP in 1880) at Junction City, Kans., the… […]
Despite tariff talk, CPKC still expects to tap cross-border traffic growth
…dependent on cross-border traffic. Some 41% of its revenue is tied to North American trade, and CP and Kansas City Southern merged to take advantage of trade growth. CPKC will… […]
‘Canadian Pacific Kansas City’ name is an awkward mouthful: Commentary
Canadian Pacific could be back in the lead as the potential merger partner of Kansas City Southern, following a Saturday decision by the KCS board. Here, a CP train with… […]
Washed out Missouri bridge may take weeks to repair NEWSWIRE
…Kansas City is delayed 48 to 72 hours. The Kansas City intermodal terminal is open and NS is accepting traffic for Kansas City from all their intermodal terminals. “Norfolk Southern… […]
