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NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern today named Union Pacific executive Cindy Sanborn as its chief operating officer, a position she also held at CSX Transportation. Sanborn was one of the first women in the industry to hold an executive-level operations position. She spent 30 years at CSX, where she rose through the ranks and ultimately […]
IRVINE, Ky. – Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. has acquired SD40-2 No. 6162 from Norfolk Southern via donation. In its 42-year career, No. 6162 saw service in the Appalachian coalfields and hauled countless tons of freight through Central Kentucky. Chris Campbell, president of the nonprofit, says the addition to Kentucky Steam is a major milestone in […]
Monday morning rail news in brief: Protesters briefly block NS line in North Carolina Norfolk Southern suspended operations through Greensboro, N.C., Saturday night and early Sunday morning because of protesters blocking its tracks, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. Local officials contacted the railroad about 10:30 p.m. and requested that it stop traffic because demonstrators were sitting […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern has idled the hump at Linwood Yard in North Carolina due to the steep traffic downturn related to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Due to unforeseeable business circumstances, including volume declines due to the global pandemic and the abrupt economic downturn, Norfolk Southern is reducing operations at our Linwood Terminal by idling […]
A Norfolk Southern intermodal train passes through Goshen, Ind., in 2018. NS will cut capital spending 25% in response to the pandemic-induced economic downturn. TRAINS: David Lassen NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern will slash capital spending 25% this year as traffic and revenue decline sharply due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]
NORFOLK, Va. — John C. “Jack” Huffard Jr. and Christopher T. Jones have been elected directors of Norfolk Southern Corporation, effective Feb. 21, 2020, Chairman, President and CEO James A. Squires said today. Huffard, 52, brings significant technology and business operations expertise to the board. He is a co-founder of Tenable Network Security Inc. and […]
ROANOKE, Va. — More railroaders will soon be out of work after new cuts were announced today in Roanoke. According to local media reports, Norfolk Southern will close its “Roanoke Distribution Center” and move remaining locomotive shop operations to Altoona, Pa. One outlet cites a Norfolk Southern news release that attributes the workforce cuts to […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern’s profits and revenue fell in the fourth quarter amid broad traffic declines led by a 21% drop in coal volume, the railroad reported today. For the quarter, the railroad’s operating income declined 11%, to $962 million, as revenue fell 7%, to $2.9 billion. Earnings per share slumped 1%, to $2.55. […]
Norfolk Southern No. 4271 leads the three other F-units at Knoxville, Tenn., in November 2011 as a Southern Railway 2-8-0 stands by. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn In our lifetimes, Norfolk Southern has been a belle of nostalgic railroading typified by a matching black-and-white set of EMD built F units often arranged in A-B-B-A formation and looking […]
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 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 […]
Claude Mongeau NS NORFOLK, Va. – Claude Mongeau has been elected a director of Norfolk Southern Corp., effective Sept. 23, Chairman, President and CEO James A. Squires announced today. Mongeau, 57, is former president and chief executive officer of Canadian National Railway Company, holding those positions from 2010 to 2016. He has been appointed to […]
