Norfolk Southern

Grain a gainer for AAR carloads

While U.S. businesses tried to make sense of President Trump’s plans for punitive tariffs, they got decidedly good news from the Association of American Railroads.

NS multi-state safety train tour under way

First responders in 23 cities from 15 states will benefit from free training with Norfolk Southern’s safety train during 2018, part of the railroad’s Operation Awareness & Response program, which provides first responders with training on how to safely respond to a potential rail incident.

Carloads outpace intermodal for the week

The Association of American Railroads said U.S. rail freight traffic for the week ending March 24 was 526,521 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.4% from the same week in 2017.

McClellan, Elkins move up at NS

Norfolk Southern announced that its board of directors has elected Michael R. McClellan and Claude E. “Ed” Elkins to new positions of responsibility, effective April 1. 

Carloads trend up in latest week

Rejuvenated rail traffic in the United States was ahead by double digits across-the-board in the most recent week, according to the Association of American Railroads.

STB wants Class I service updates

Complaints by grain shippers and automakers have spurred the Surface Transportation Board to ask Class I railroads what they are doing to improve service across their networks.

Locomotive gems from GEMS

FORT WORTH, TEXAS, MARCH 20, 2018: In nine weeks’ time, the GE Manufacturing Solutions (GEMS) one-million-square-foot, 71-acre, 500-employee facility in Fort Worth, Tex., part of the GE Transportation supply chain, can take an aging locomotive and, through a modernization program, upgrade it to state-of-the-art technology.

Best-ever month for chem carloads

Railroads in the United States originated 1,028,141 carloads in February, down 0.3% from the same month in 2017, the Association of American Railroads said.

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