Norfolk Southern Archives

October 25, 2022
Passenger

Transit Briefs: NYMTA, DART, MBTA, CATS

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) transition to “tap and go” payment system, One Metro New York (OMNY), may take until June 2025. Also, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will provide free transportation to polling locations on Nov. 8; the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) expands Pay-Per-Use limited fare program to local employers; and the City of Charlotte approves $14.8 million to expand Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) rail yard.

October 25, 2022
Short Lines & Regionals

Patriot Rail Appoints Hall COO

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Patriot Rail Company LLC announced Oct. 19 that Jerry Hall has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO).

NewCold, an automated storage and cold chain logistics firm founded in the Netherlands with a North American base in Chicago, is planning a large-scale distribution facility in McDonough, Ga. (Photograph Courtesy of NewCold via Twitter)

October 25, 2022
Class I

For NS, Two-State Business Development Support

Norfolk Southern (NS) is supporting the development of NewCold’s automated distribution facility in Henry County, Ga., plus nonprofits in Virginia through a partnership with Hampton Roads Community Foundation.

RDC, whose companies include Iowa Interstate Railroad and Pop-Up Metro, LLC, has become the eighth member of the RailPulse Coalition.

October 20, 2022
C&S/IT

RDC Joins RailPulse Coalition

RailPulse has an eighth member: Pittsburgh, Penn.-based railway investment and management company Railroad Development Corporation (RDC), which on Oct. 19 joined the coalition established in late 2020 to “develop, broaden and accelerate the use of GPS and other telematics technologies in North America’s freight rail industry.”

The Navy Base Intermodal Facility is set to open in July 2025. (Rendering/SCPA)

October 18, 2022
Intermodal

SC Ports Breaks Ground on Navy Base Intermodal Facility

SC Ports officials and elected officials gathered on Oct. 17 in North Charleston to celebrate the groundbreaking of the rail-served Navy Base Intermodal Facility, which will provide near-dock rail and inner-harbor barge operation to the Port of Charleston to “ensure fluidity and capacity for the Southeast supply chain.”

Wabtec in an Oct. 17 Twitter post wrote: “Last week, execs from @CNRailway visited our Ft. Worth facility to see the 1st of 50 modernized locos to roll off the line. The upgrades increase the locomotive’s lifespan, improve operational efficiencies and reduce emissions. #WabtecFreightServices.” (Photograph Courtesy of Wabtec, via Twitter)

October 17, 2022
Locomotives

First Look: CN’s Dash 9, Transformed

Wabtec earlier this month debuted the first of 50 modernized locomotives for CN at its Fort Worth, Tex., plant.

Atlanta Business Chronicle selected 21 local businesswomen for its annual “Women of Influence” awards. Among the honorees: Norfolk Southern (NS) Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer Annie Adams (pictured fourth from left). (Photograph Courtesy of NS, via LinkedIn)

October 17, 2022
Class I

NS’s Adams Earns ‘Women of Influence’ Award

Norfolk Southern (NS) Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer Annie Adams has been recognized as one of Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “Women of Influence” for 2022.

October 10, 2022
News

Women in Rail Conference: Whited to Address C-Suite Lessons Learned

Railway Age’s inaugural Rail Insights: Women in Rail Conference will feature Beth Whited, Union Pacific’s Executive Vice President–Sustainability and Strategy. Hearing from leading industry women like Whited, who will cover lessons learned from the Class I railroad C-Suite, is just one reason to participate in this virtual event, to be held Nov. 10, starting at 1:30 p.m. ET. Need more reasons? Here are five.

October 07, 2022
Intermodal

IMC Expands Into Ohio Valley

Ohio Intermodal Services, an IMC company, has opened an 11-acre yard in Louisville, Ky., near CSX and Norfolk Southern and 14 miles from the Port of Louisville.

Inessa M. Vitko (left) will join TriMet as Executive Director of the Transportation Operations Division; and Dan Marks (right) has been named CEO of Edwin Bohr Electronics.

October 05, 2022
News

People News: TriMet, Edwin Bohr Electronics, NS

C-TRAN COO Inessa M. Vitko returns to TriMet as Executive Director of Transportation Operations. Also, Edwin Bohr Electronics (EBE) names Dan Marks CEO; and Norfolk Southern (NS) Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Ed Elkins has been appointed to the National Association of Manufacturers’ (NAM) Board of Directors.