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NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern’s new operating plan is gaining traction. The railroad is moving faster than it has in nearly two years as average train speeds have climbed 28 percent during the past eight weeks. Last week’s 22.8-mph average train speed was the highest NS has posted since the spring of 2017 and was […]
A Union Pacific train threads its way through construction at Vale, in River Forest, Ill., where the railroad is building a 1.8-mile section of third track. David Lassen MARCO ISLAND, Fla. – One of the annual limitations of the early January date for the the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association Conference is that most […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern will drop intermodal service in more than two dozen lanes in February, March, and April as the railroad looks to simplify its fast-growing intermodal network. “In an effort to improve service on the overall Norfolk Southern intermodal network, we are making targeted changes to our service offerings,” the railroad said […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Scott Teague’s N scale Pocahontas Division models the Norfolk Southern through West Virginia in the 1990s. Plenty of coal and intermodal traffic snake through the Appalachian Scenery of this 18 x 42-foot layout featured in Great Model Railroads 2019. As an online bonus […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Scott Teague’s N scale Pocahontas Division models the Norfolk Southern through West Virginia in the 1990s. Plenty of coal and intermodal traffic snake through the Appalachian Scenery of this 18 x 42-foot layout featured in Great Model Railroads 2019. As an online bonus […]
ATLANTA — It’s official: Norfolk Southern is moving its headquarters to Atlanta. “Alignment, collaboration, and accountability are the hallmarks of Norfolk Southern’s plan to transform this company and its culture. Our new headquarters in Atlanta advances these key elements of success,” CEO Jim Squires told employees in announcing the move, according to a company press […]
Chesapeake & Delaware via the Surface Transportation Board Middletown & New Jersey Railroad via the Surface Transportation Board WASHINGTON — Norfolk Southern is spinning off branch lines in New Jersey and New York, along with related trackage rights on commuter railroads, to short line operators. Dover & Delaware River Railroad will lease 27.2 miles of […]
Union Pacific’s Roper Yard, Salt Lake City Google Maps OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific is downgrading Roper Yard in Salt Lake City and shifting manifest switching 40 miles north to Ogden, Utah, and is pruning low-volume interline intermodal lanes operated in conjunction with Norfolk Southern. The separate moves, which the railroad announced in a pair […]
NEW YORK — If you want to see the beginning of Norfolk Southern’s move toward an operating plan based on the principles of Precision Scheduled Railroading, look no further than train 23G. A few times a week, the international intermodal train linking St. Louis; Louisville, Ky.; and Norfolk, Va.; pauses in Knoxville, Tenn., to pick […]
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have asked Norfolk Southern to begin weekly conference calls to keep them updated on operational changes as the railroad moves toward adopting principles of Precision Scheduled Railroading. Surface Transportation Board Chairman Ann Begeman made the request in a Nov. 27 letter to NS CEO Jim Squires. “I am writing to inform […]
CHICAGO — Norfolk Southern train 27K arrives in Chicago on Nov. 8 with rebuilt SD70ACC No. 1800 leading. It was released for service last week from the company’s Altoona, Pa., shops. The locomotive was rebuilt from NS SD70 No. 2537, which was built in 1994 with a standard cab and direct current traction motors. Progress Rail […]
NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern is approaching Precision Scheduled Railroading differently than CSX Transportation, with a much slower timetable and no appetite for disruptive change. But NS sees no reason why it can’t close productivity and operating ratio gaps with its more efficient eastern rival, Chief Financial Officer Cynthia Earhart says. “The biggest difference for […]
