CN, headquartered in Montreal, Québec, has officially registered with the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) pursuant to An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec. (CN Photograph)

Class I Briefs: CN, CSX, KCS, NS

CN registers with the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) and is listed on CDP’s 2022 Supplier Engagement Leaderboard. Also, CSX updates its industrial site-selection program; UPS recognizes Kansas City Southern (KCS) for “zero controllable service failures”; Norfolk Southern (NS) donates $250,000 to an Ohio-based nonprofit delivering aid to the East Palestine community; and NS’s acquisition of Cincinnati Southern Railway stalls.

Starting April 1, NS will run daily service between The Port of Virginia and its regional intermodal terminal near Memphis, Tenn.

NS to Offer Daily Port of Virginia-Tennessee Service

The Port of Virginia is expanding its “westward reach” starting April 1 with new daily rail service between the port’s primary container terminals and Norfolk Southern’s (NS) regional intermodal terminal near Memphis,

Aerial photograph of the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment site, courtesy of the National Transportation Safety Board.

Ohio AG Sues NS Over East Palestine Derailment

The office of Ohio Attorney General (AG) Dave Yost on March 14 reported filing a civil lawsuit in federal court seeking to hold Norfolk Southern (NS) “financially responsible for the Feb. 3

NS: Paid Sick Leave Added for IBBB, IAM and BRC

Norfolk Southern (NS) has reached agreements with three more labor unions for paid sick leave: International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Blacksmiths (IBBB), International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and Brotherhood of

BLET Ratifies CP/Soo Line, Springfield Terminal Agreements

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has ratified a new five-year contract with Canadian Pacific’s (CP) Soo Line subsidiary as well as the Springfield Terminal implementing agreement.

NS, SMART-MD and IBEW Agree to Paid Sick Leave

Norfolk Southern (NS) has reached agreements with two additional labor unions for paid sick leave: the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, Transportation Workers, Mechanical Department (SMART-MD) and the International Brotherhood

James (Leggett) Kitchin of Norfolk Southern (left) and Richard Erstad of Hawkins, Inc., have joined the Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council.

Kitchin, Erstad Join RSTAC

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on March 10 reported appointing James (Leggett) Kitchin of Norfolk Southern (NS) and Richard Erstad of Hawkins, Inc., to the Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (RSTAC). RSTAC, which

PHMSA Releases Rail Emergency Preparedness Advisory

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has published a Safety Advisory Notice for railroad emergency preparedness, in response to the Feb. 3 derailment of 11 Norfolk Southern (NS) hazardous materials

“We are working around the clock to remediate the remaining issues in East Palestine. We continue to listen to the experts and cooperate with state, federal, and local government agencies. We are committed to this for as long as necessary.” —NS, via Twitter on March 9. (NS Photograph)

NS’s Shaw: ‘We Won’t Be Finished Until We Make It Right’

Ahead of a March 9 Senate hearing on Protecting Public Health in the Wake of the Norfolk Southern (NS) Derailment and Chemical Release in East Palestine, Ohio, NS President and CEO Alan

NS to Establish Ohio Training Center, Expand OAR Program

Norfolk Southern (NS) on March 8 announced that it will create a new regional training center in Ohio for first responders and expand its Operation Awareness & Response (OAR) program, which travels the company’s 22-state network and trains 5,000 first responders annually on how to respond safely to rail incidents.

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