Norfolk Southern (NS) is contributing to The Pittsburgh (Pa.) Foundation $250,000 for Lawrence and Beaver county nonprofits and first responders and a $750,000 endowment fund that will benefit local nonprofits in perpetuity.
CSX’s team at Fruit Growers Express reaches 1,000 days incident free. Also, Norfolk Southern (NS) awards more than 100 scholarships to its employee’s children; and BNSF is recognized with the Top 10 Enterprise-Wide ERG Award.
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is testing “no standing” zones on New York City Transit (NYCT) subway platforms to help eliminate rider assaults on conductors. Also, Seattle’s Sound Transit is beginning simulated service on the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension; Jacobs will deliver general engineering consulting services for passenger rail under the Transforming Rail in Virginia infrastructure program; and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) mulls expansion options.
Norfolk Southern (NS) on July 12 released its annual Environmental, Social, Governance report, highlighting the railroad’s “long-term strategy to balance service, productivity and growth; initiatives to enhance rail safety; and the company’s ongoing efforts in East Palestine, Ohio.”
The Federal Railroad Administration on June 14 sent a letter (downloadable below) to Norfolk Southern Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Nabanita Nag accusing the railroad of neglecting development of an
After six years of work, volunteers and donors of the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society Inc. will soon return Nickel Plate Road EMD SD9 to the rails as an operating attraction, “complementing
Concurrent with the political and public relations fallout from East Palestine, Norfolk Southern has been handicapped by a compromised network in terms of capacity and service, for the two reasons we’ve been
Four CSX employees complete a leadership development program run by the National African American Women’s Leadership Institute. Also, a Norfolk Southern (NS) police officer has graduated from the FBI National Academy.
General Motors and Samsung SDI plan to invest more than $3 billion in a new battery cell manufacturing plant in the U.S. in New Carlisle, Ind. (St. Joseph County) on Norfolk Southern’s high-density Chicago Line. The facility is targeted to begin operations in 2026.
Norfolk Southern (NS) on June 26, nearly five months after the East Palestine, Ohio derailment, reported completing remediation of both tracks that run through the village, with rail traffic slated to resume “a normal schedule