First Norfolk Southern freight train marks official reopening of Old Fort Loops

After a lengthy repair and rebuild period, Norfolk Southern ran the first freight train up the Old Fort Loops west to ...
Carolina Public Press

First freight train rolls into Asheville from Old Fort since Helene

Damage to remote parts of the Norfolk Southern rail line kept freight traffic stalled for months. Now passenger service could ...
AOL

Largest rail union backs $85 billion Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger

(The Center Square) – The nation’s largest rail labor union urged members of Congress to support a proposed $85 billion merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern that would create the first ...
Yahoo

Norfolk Southern train derails near Horseshoe Curve

LOGAN TOWNSHIP, Pa. - More than 60 cars of a Norfolk Southern train derailed early today (Friday, Feb. 6) near Altoona, the railroad has confirmed. NS said in a statement to Trains that the derailment ...
Logistics Management

Freight Rail Consumer Alliance states its opposition to Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern deal

FedEx Freight details June 1 spin-off, sets stage for independent growth Leadership at FedEx Freight, the less-than-truckload subsidiary of Memphis-based global freight transportation and logistics ...
Railway Age

Class I Briefs: BNSF, CSX, NS

BNSF this November will launch an Oklahoma City-based intermodal facility. Also, CSX announces its 2025 Customer Environmental Excellence Award honorees and designates a new Select Site in New York; ...
WRIC

Norfolk Southern agrees to give Amtrak trains priority over freight trains, track delays: DOJ

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Norfolk Southern agreed to give Amtrak trains the highest priority after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with the railroad company Tuesday, to ...
Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Will Chicago see fewer freight trains after the megamerger of Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific?

As fans of “The Gilded Age” know, great fortunes were made by building railroads across the width of the USA. Chicago, of course, was the epicenter of all that. Celebrities going from New York to ...