It’s official: Norfolk Southern to move HQ to Atlanta

Norfolk Southern Corp. officially announced plans to relocate its headquarters from Norfolk to Atlanta, lured by a multimillion dollar bond issue to help pay for a new downtown office tower.

At Norfolk Southern, automation is driving information

Nothing says fundamental transformation quite like Norfolk Southern’s new Network Operations Center, a murmuring, windowless bunker where the Class I has aggregated its dispatching in downtown Atlanta.

Drivin’ that train on El Chapo’s cocaine supply chain: Witness

Accused drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman used the North American rail network to move cocaine from Mexico to the United States for distribution.

Progressive Rail to pick up BNSF lines in NE Washington

Progressive Rail is poised to take control of 83 miles of railroad owned by BNSF Railway in northwest Washington state.

NJ short line operator expanding with Norfolk Southern lease

A new short line railroad operator has filed to lease track in northern New Jersey from Norfolk Southern as it continues to expand its footprint in the Garden State.

BUILD grant to shore up Coos Bay railroad bridges

The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay was awarded a $20 million federal grant to rehabilitate 15 bridges along its Coos Bay Rail Line.

Study: Legal weed could soothe NYC subway funding ills

Don’t bogart that money from legalized marijuana, New York – pass it over to the subway to help pay for the system’s repairs and upgrades.

AllTranstek promotes Dinell

AllTranstek, L.L.C. announced the promotion of James Dinell to Vice President, Technical Services.

Rail freight sees first decline in months

After a mostly steady climb through this year, rail freight volumes on Class I railroads are on a downgrade, and uncertainty in 2019 is looming like a blind curve in the dark.

New York subway to upgrade R142 fleet

On the same day New York City dunned ride-hailing services to help pay for subway upgrades, the MTA New York City Transit announced plans to modernize its fleet of R142 cars.

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