NS completes $16 million of trackwork in Pennsylvania
Written by jrood
Norfolk Southern completed $16.2 million in track, bridge and signal improvements in southwestern Pennsylvania's Monongahela Valley in eight days of early July. The rail infrastructure improvements are said to be critical to the region's coal-mining industry and to meeting the electricity needs of households and businesses across the Northeast and Midwest. Some 30 trains daily operate on NS's Monongahela Valley rail network, which serves five coalmines that shipped 41.4 million tons of coal in 2010. "The coal industry in that part of the country is vital to jobs and to U.S. energy security and it's essential that we maintain and improve our track infrastructure to provide solid and dependable service," said Tim Drake, NS' vice president of engineering.
