People in the News: NMB, AECOM, CSX

The National Mediation Board appoints Deirdre Hamilton as Chair; AECOM names Eduards Miska as Director of Engineering in British Columbia; and CSX Manager of Train Operations Donnie Moore recognized by Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve.

(PSCC Images Courtesy of Rail Enterprise Group)

PSCC to Acquire 25-Mile Line

Pennsylvania & Southern Railway (PSCC), part of the Rail Enterprise Group, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to purchase approximately 25 miles of rail line and associated

CSX Adds Seaboard System to Heritage Fleet

CSX ES44AH No. 1982, in Seaboard System Railroad colors, is the third in a series of heritage locomotives created by employees at the company’s Waycross Locomotive Shop in Georgia “as a way

CSX’s NaLonda Beckom, Dia Harris, Tiffany Stevens and Stephanie Toliver (pictured left to right) recently graduated from the National African American Women’s Leadership Institute. (CSX Photographs)

Class I Briefs: CSX, NS

Four CSX employees complete a leadership development program run by the National African American Women’s Leadership Institute. Also, a Norfolk Southern (NS) police officer has graduated from the FBI National Academy.

CPKC: Investor Day Highlights; New CSX/G&W Agreement

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on Investor Day, June 28, announced a new joint service agreement with CSX and involving Genesee & Wyoming that will create a direct CPKC-CSX interchange connection in Alabama and a corridor linking Mexico, Texas and the U.S. Southeast. At Investor Day, the transnational issued new multi-year guidance and “unveiled the next chapter in its long-term growth strategy as the only single-line railroad that connects a continent.”

CPKC (William C. Vantuono Photograph)

CPKC Issues 2022 Sustainability Data Report

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on June 23 published its first Sustainability Data Report highlighting developments from 2022 for Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS), which on April 14 merged

Officials from the CSX TDSI terminal (New Boston, Mich.) were recently presented an award for the Highest Quality Review Score at the Association of American Railroads’ Damage Prevention and Freight Claims Conference. (CSX Photograph)

Class I Briefs: CSX, UP, CSX/NS, CPKC/CN

A CSX Total Distribution Services Inc. (TDSI) terminal in Michigan earned an Association of American Railroads (AAR) quality award. Also, Union Pacific (UP) is named a 2023 VETS Indexes 4-Star Employer, and will be the exclusive rail service provider for a new industrial rail park in Buckeye, Ariz.; Vertical Cold Storage closed on its acquisition of MWCold, an operator of two temperature-controlled warehouse facilities in central Indiana, one of which is served by CSX and Norfolk Southern (NS); and Avalon Advanced Materials purchased an industrial site in Thunder Bay, Ontario, with existing Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and CN rail services, for its planned midstream lithium-hydroxide processing facility.

VisioStack and FEC officials (pictured) after a drone test using “automated machine vision technology to detect the track and navigate the drone’s flight path over the track within tight tolerances, without using GPS information or pilot input.” (VisioStack Photograph)

FEC, CSX, VisioStack Team on Drone Test

Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway and CSX earlier this month participated in a demonstration of autonomous drone flight technology with VisioStack, Inc., a Greenville, S.C.-based developer of condition monitoring, data analytics and

‘The Chessie Cat is Back’

ES44AH No. 1973, in a Chessie System theme, is the second CSX Transportation heritage-schemed locomotive to roll out of CSX’s Waycross, Ga., shop. Its number recognizes Chessie System’s founding year. “The Chessie

(CSX Image)

CSX Launches Select Site Online Property Search Tool

CSX has launched a new online site selection tool to “assist growing companies in their search for premium rail-served properties and communities competing for economic development projects,” the Class I announced on June 15.

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