PITTSBURGH — Norfolk Southern and groups representing residents of Pittsburgh’s North Side will go to a mediator to address concerns about the railroad’s plans to upgrade a route to handle double-stack container trains. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that an attorney representing the Northside Leadership Conference says that he and the railroad are choosing a mediator […]
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Executives insist Precision Scheduled Railroading is about growth, not shrinking the railroad industry NEWSWIRE
E. Hunter Harrison Canadian Pacific NEW YORK CITY — CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific executives insisted last week that Precision Scheduled Railroading is a formula for growth, not a way for the industry to cut its way to prosperity. The three railroads have stored thousands of locomotives and freight cars, idled yards, and […]
Reading & Northern buys two of NS’s fab four F units (updated) NEWSWIRE
NS’s four executive F-units pull an office car train through Harrisburg, Pa., in August 2012. Trains: Jim Wrinn ALTOONA, Pa. — Two of Norfolk Southern’s “Fab Four” Electro-Motive F units — F9A No. 270 and F7B No. 275 — have been purchased by Pennsylvania regional Reading & Northern, the railroad announced Saturday. “We’re going to fix […]
Pittsburgh’s Port Authority to receive more than $2.5 million for derailment damage NEWSWIRE
A Twitter post shows damage to Pittsburgh’s Station Square light rail station in August 2018. The agency which operates the light rail system will receive more than $2.5 million in reimbursement for damages from Norfolk Southern. Port Authority of Allegheny County, via Twitter PITTSBURGH — The Port Authority of Allegheny County will receive more than […]
NS to dispose of executive F units, other roster oddities NEWSWIRE
The 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 executive F unit locomotives up for auction, according to an assets-disposition bidding sheet distributed on Nov. 6 and obtained by Trains News Wire. Regularly assigned to NS’s […]
Service restored after three-train accident on NS Pittsburgh-Altoona line NEWSWIRE
Debris from three trains is visible after a westbound Norfolk Southern train of empy oil tank cars rear-ended an intermodal train in Pennsylvania on Friday, sending cars into an eastbound intermodal train on an adjacent track. LUXOR, Pa. — Service was scheduled to be restored on Norfolk Southern’s main line between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pa., […]
NS Missouri bridge to return to service Monday night NEWSWIRE
Crews are at work re-building a washed out bridge near Kansas City, Mo. Norfolk Southern website BRUNSWICK, Mo. — Norfolk Southern’s Grand River bridge between Kansas City and Moberly, Mo., will reopen for train service tonight, Oct. 28. “NS Engineering is completing the final repairs today and service across the bridge will be restored.” NS […]
NS expects Missouri bridge back in service by Nov. 6 NEWSWIRE
Work continues on replacement of a Norfolk Southern bridge in Missouri wiped out by flooding on Oct. 1. Norfolk Southern BRUNSWICK, Mo. — Norfolk Southern officials are projecting a Nov. 6 restoration of Kansas City-Moberly, Mo., service over the Grand River bridge near Brunswick. The bridge was destroyed by heavy rains and flood debris Oct. […]
Norfolk Southern to miss operating ratio target for year as quarterly earnings fall NEWSWIRE
NS C44-9W No. 9732 leads empty grain train W49 at Selma, N.C., in March 2019. Michael S. Murray NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk Southern on Wednesday reported lower third quarter profits and revenue amid broad traffic declines. The railroad’s operating income fell 2%, to $996 million, as revenue declined 4%, to $2.84 billion. Earnings per share […]
Norfolk Southern workers re-assemble washed out Missouri bridge NEWSWIRE
Norfolk Southern website As Norfolk Southern crews work round-the-clock, the railroad estimates a mid-November re-opening of a bridge between Kansas City and Moberly, Mo., destroyed October 1 by flood and debris on the Grand River near Brunswick, Mo. As an alternate route, the Surface Transportation Board on Friday granted NS trackage rights on a parallel […]
NS seeks temporary trackage rights in Missouri after bridge washed out NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — A Missouri bridge outage has prompted Norfolk Southern to seek temporary trackage rights on a parallel Kansas City Southern line. On Wednesday, NS filed a request with the Surface Transportation Board for “expedited” granting of access to the KCS line between Kansas City, Mo., and Mexico, Mo. The filing is the result of […]
No one injured when NS train derails, strikes gas line in Georgia NEWSWIRE
No injuries were reported when 34 cars of a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Perry, Ga., rupturing a gas line to a nearby factory. Houston County Emergency Management Agency, via Facebook PERRY, Ga. — A section of a state highway will remain closed at least until Friday following the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train […]