Norfolk Southern

Class I Briefs: UP, NS, CPKC

Union Pacific (UP) and Creighton University partner to combat Nebraska’s “brain drain” and UP’s Todd Rynaski, Chief Accounting, Risk and Compliance Officer is honored by Profiles in Diversity Journal. Also, Norfolk Southern’s (NS) Ed Elkins joins Frances Munro, Alexander Luc and Floyd Hudson for a panel discussion; and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) at International at Spruce Meadows raises more than $157,000 to support women’s heart health in Alberta.

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Boxcar Requiem

RAILWAY AGE, SEPTEMBER 2024 ISSUE: Part 1: Can this multi-purpose railcar drive carload growth? Perhaps the most basic of freight cars, the boxcar has been around almost as long as the railroad

Class I Briefs: NS, CPKC, CSX

Norfolk Southern (NS) hosts labor leaders at its Atlanta headquarters for the Class I’s first-ever 2024 Labor Council. Also, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) sponsors the 2024 Spruce Meadows, Masters Tournament; and CSX’s Santa Train returns to the rails for its 82nd run.

(Norfolk Southern Photograph, Left; BNSF Photograph, Right)

NS Extends Tentative Agreements to Nine Unions, BNSF to Six

A week after Norfolk Southern (NS) and BNSF separately reported reaching tentative, five-year collective bargaining agreements with four unions, the Class I’s announced forging similar agreements with more: NS with another five unions (for a total of nine) and BNSF with another two (for a total of six).

Pictured: Norfolk Southern’s 47th Street Intermodal Terminal in Chicago, Ill. (Photograph Courtesy of NS)

For NS, a New Intermodal Terminal Reservation System

Norfolk Southern (NS) on Sept. 4 will deploy a new intermodal terminal reservation system that it said will “match intermodal train capacity with the flow of inbound containers” to improve operations and service to customers.