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NCRR Injecting $500K Into Fit Precast’s Rail-Served Facility

North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) on Nov. 19 reported that it will invest up to $500,000 in a rail spur to serve Fit Precast’s new headquarters and concrete pipe production facility in Gaston County.

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A Rail Merger to Put America Back on Track

A thriving rail industry is foundational for the U.S. economy. Since the 1800s, railroads have powered the U.S. by hauling grain, chemicals, vehicles, coal and all kinds of critical supplies that Americans

NS Partners to Support Passenger Rail

In addition to moving freight, Norfolk Southern (NS) has also “played an industry-leading role” in hosting new and existing passenger services, working with passenger rail partners to find solutions that “balance the needs of the company’s freight network and the customers it serves with those of its communities,” the Class I recently reported.

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UP’s Jalali: No Hiccups With NS IT Integration

Union Pacific Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer Rahul Jalali told reporters on a media day business train that UP-NS computer systems integration will go smoothly if the merger is approved.

Ag-State Senators to STB: Be ‘Rigorous’ and ‘Comprehensive’

18 U.S. Senators—evenly split between Republicans and Democrats—from agricultural-producer states sent a letter to the Surface Transportation Board urging “a rigorous and comprehensive evaluation” of the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern “not just

GOP Attorneys General to STB: Please, No ‘Kneecapping’

Kneecapping is “a form of malicious wounding, in which the victim is injured in the knee, often as torture,” according to Wikipedia. Nine Republican state attorneys general used this rather strong term in a

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BNSF vs. UP, Take Three

I will attempt to clarify a rather “interesting” indirect exchange involving Union Pacific’s Jim Vena, who hopes to one day head the first East-West U.S. transcontinental Class I railroad, and BNSF’s Katie

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Justification for UP-NS Merger: Real or Not?

In April 2019, Matt Rose stepped down as BNSF Executive Chairman. At the end of his tenure, Rose had been Executive Chairman for six years, and BNSF President and CEO for the

NS Train 955 passing through downtown Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 13 with the new “Landmark Series” locomotives leading office cars toward Forest Park. The train that evening was part of a charity event in support of Hope Atlanta. (Photograph by NS Locomotive Engineer Casey Thomason, Columbus, Ga., courtesy of NS)

NS Launches ‘Landmark Series’

Norfolk Southern’s (NS) first two “Landmark Series” locomotives recently rolled out of the Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, Pa., each showcasing the name of a city that helped shape the railroad’s history

UP, NS Shareholders Greenlight Merger

The votes are in: Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, in Special Meetings held Nov. 14, approved the merger of the two railroads to form a U.S. transcontinental, with in-favor margins

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