WASHINGTON — A Norfolk Southern report filed with the Federal Railroad Administration lists a broken rail as the cause of a Jan. 6 derailment near Bartow, Ga., that led to the evacuation of hundreds of area residents. The Augusta Chronicle quotes FRA spokesman Warren Flatau as saying the report is under review and the incident […]
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The cleanup of a coal-train derailment in the Great Dismal Swamp will likely take weeks, the Virginian-Pilot reports. Thirty-six cars of the Norfolk Southern train derailed in the swamp early Tuesday. [See “Amtrak service to Norfolk suspended following NS derailment,” Trains News Wire, June 26, 2019.] Chris Lowie, manager of the Great […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern will begin rolling out its new TOP21 operating plan on Friday. “The first phase of train plan changes in TOP21 predominantly affects the merchandise service,” NS says in a service alert. “While these changes are not expected to result in service disruptions, NS will have an internal command center in […]
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Amtrak has restored service to and from Norfolk., Va., today after it was suspended following a Tuesday Norfolk Southern derailment, but that derailment has raised environmental concerns. Thirty-six cars of a coal train derailed into the Great Dismal Swamp National Refuge early Tuesday. The manager of the refuge, Chris Lowie, told the […]
NORFOLK, Va. –Norfolk Southern has presented Genesee Valley Transportation subsidiary Delaware-Lackawanna with its Short Line of the Year award. In bestowing this honor upon the D-L, the Class I railroad identified the short line’s operational and business development teams, respectively and collectively, for conscientious customer service and commitment to growth. “Our partnership with the Delaware-Lackawanna […]
CSX 911 and 1776 will add to the fire truck festival at the N.C. Transportation Museum Saturday. Chris Anderson SPENCER, N.C. — Commemorative locomotives from CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway are set to meet for the first time at an event at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer this weekend. The museum says […]
GERMANTOWN, Tenn. — The driver of the truck was killed and a Norfolk Southern train derailed after the train hit a garbage truck at a grade crossing on Thursday. 40-year-old Marco Brooks of Memphis died after being airlifted to Regional One Hospital in critical conditions, the Germantown Police department told WATN-TV News. Fourteen cars of […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Midwest flooding has prompted Kansas City Southern and Norfolk Southern to seek temporary trackage rights on each others’ Kansas City-St. Louis routes while Union Pacific reports essentially full service restoration on its Southern Region. KCS and NS have petitioned the Surface Transportation Board to allow NS to use 156 miles of […]
NORFOLK, Va. – While presenting to shortline and regional railroad executives at the Norfolk Southern short line marketing meeting in Norfolk on Tuesday, CEO James A. Squires says there are three things that have to happen before the rail industry can expect one-person crews. “First, the technology. The technology’s got to be there.” With positive […]
NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern will flip the switch on its new operating plan over the Fourth of July weekend and is preparing for the change by training crews and holding two dozen town hall meetings with employees and shippers at locations across the system. “It is one big network cutover,” CEO Jim Squires told […]
NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk Southern Foundation announced Monday that it would donate $40,000 to support emergency response efforts of the American Red Cross and local first responders after last week’s mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Va. Twelve people were killed in the Friday shooting at a Virginia Beach municipal building. The foundation, charitable arm […]
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have announced tweaks to their interline intermodal service in the wake of major changes made earlier this year that dropped nearly 500 low-volume lanes. The latest moves, which take effect on July 1, follow the same theme: Favoring high-density routes that support steel wheel interchange in Chicago and Memphis. This […]
