For the first time since the September 2024 devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, freight rail service has returned for Asheville, N.C.-area businesses and points west along Norfolk Southern’s AS Line (Knoxville District
North Carolina’s rail system contributes to more than $20 billion into the state’s economy and supports 88,000 jobs, according to a report released Feb. 26 by the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) Rail Division.
BeRailSafe, the North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division (NCDOT) railroad safety education and outreach unit, is working with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to offer a new “train-the-trainer” program
