Norfolk Southern has rolled out a new educational train and website to help first responders across its network respond to potential rail-related incidents. The train and website are part of NS’ Operation Awareness & Response (OAR) program and was launched in 2015 to strengthen relationships with local first responders by providing classroom, web-based, and field […]
The Pennsylvania State Transportation Commission approved $36 million for 31 rail projects throughout the state over the next five years. The funding will cover 15 projects through the Rail Transportation Assistance Program (RTAP) and 16 projects through the Rail Freight Assistance Program (RFAP). RTAP is a capital budget grant program funded with bonds and RFAP […]
In case you hadn’t heard, Norfolk Southern is consolidating it system from 3 to 2 operating regions (a Northern Region and a Southern Region) effective March 15. The Northern Region will include the Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Dearborn, Lake and Illinois divisions and the Southern Region will include the Piedmont, Alabama, Georgia, Central and Pocahontas divisions. Greg […]
Although this is still speculation to me at this point, I got this information from a very reliable source (a high-ranking NS employee) that J.B. Hunt Trucking has indeed purchased land adjacent to the Taylor Yard in Taylor, Pa.. Assuming that this information is true then I don’t have to explain what that means. Down […]
A CSX GP30 Slug unit rests in CSX’s Hagerstown (formerly Western Maryland’s Jamison) Yard. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., — February 22, 2016 – This morning as of market open, CSX (Nasdaq: CSX) became a component of the Nasdaq-100 Index® (Nasdaq:NDX), the world’s preeminent large-cap growth index. The Nasdaq-100 Index is composed of the 100 largest non-financial stocks […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – February 12, 2016 – As part of CSX’s (Nasdaq: CSX) ongoing commitment to driving network improvement and resource efficiency to match demand, the company is streamlining operations at 16 lower-volume mechanical facilities. Operations will be reduced at car shops in Montgomery, Alabama; Washington, D.C.; Baldwin, Florida; Evansville and Indianapolis, Indiana; New Orleans, […]
A Norfolk Southern intermodal train highballs past the “diverging clear” signal along the tracks near Harrisburg, Pa.. Norfolk Southern, Canadian National and CSX Transportation say they won’t be ready with PTC until 2020. By Joan Lowy (Associated Press) WASHINGTON – Three of the biggest freight railroads operating in the U.S. have told the government they […]
By Tom Bell (Associated Press) PORTLAND, Maine – Freight trains are rolling through New England carrying the first-ever shipping containers loaded on the Portland waterfront. The new train service is the product of years of planning and millions in public and private investment, with the goal of connecting this once-thriving port by rail with freight […]
Norfolk Southern is consolidating operations in two of its divisions spanning Norfolk to southern Ohio and basing the new division in Roanoke. The consolidation will mostly affect NS jobs in Bluefield, West Virginia, where one of those divisions is currently based. The railroad says that it’s streamlining operations in order to operate on a more cost-effective […]
On October 22, 2015 CSX unit Grain Train G-056-18 left the connection at Rotterdam Jct., NY to Horizon Milling at Ayer, Ma. (over the Pan Am Southern (PAS)) with 112 loads behind CSX C40-8 #7671, BNSF SD70MAC #9883 and BNSF C44-9W #4738. I point this out because of the BNSF power on this train. With (2) […]
