Joining BNSF and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) in expressing their concerns about the proposed Union Pacific (UP)-MONTREAL –– Norfolk Southern (NS) merger, CN recently launched a page on its website encouraging its customers to speak up and file a Notice of Intent to Participate with the Surface Transportation Board (STB).
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Norfolk Southern and CSX replaced infrastructure components at the 14th Street Junction in Birmingham, Alabama.
LA JUNTA, Colo. – BNSF worked with the Colorado and Kansas departments of transportation and Amtrak on a track project.
NASHVILLE – CSX is temporarily rerouting operations on its SN&A North Subdivision due to a bridge outage.
NOVI, Mich. –– The BMWED has rejected some of the other Union remarks on the impact of Joe Hinrichs on labor-management relations at CSX.
JACKSONVILLE –– CSX President and CEO Joe Hinrichs, Railway Age’s 2025 Railroader of the Year, has been suddenly and unexpectedly railroaded by his own collectively myopic Board of Directors, and for no reason other than, sooner or later, refusing to join the transcon merger fray. I’m not the only one who wholeheartedly agrees with CNBC’s Jim Cramer that there has been an “injustice in Jacksonville” based on short-sightedness and hedge fund pressure. Call me naïve, but I didn’t see it coming. Nor did many others.
BALTIMORE – CSX reopened the expanded Howard Street Tunnel on September 26 in Baltimore.
RICHLAND, Wash. – Port of Benton’s railroad track has achieved Class 1 track status after the completion of major construction.
BARSTOW, Calif. – BNSF’s North First Avenue Bridge Project received the Engineering News-Record’s Southern California Best Projects Award of Merit.
JACKSONVILLE –– Readers will remember the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in the southeastern United States nearly one year ago. One area of severe damage was CSX’s former Clinchfield Railroad line, which has undergone a nearly year-long rebuild process. The line was opened for revenue traffic this past weekend.
JUSTIN, Texas – BNSF has rebuilt an 85-year-old wooden trestle bridge north of Justin, Texas.
Every day, motorists cross BNSF tracks without realizing the planning beneath their wheels. With more than 25,000 railroad grade crossings on the BNSF network, the safety of these road and rail intersections is important to all of us.That begins with planning, engineering and collaborating among stakeholders. The evidence
INDIANAPOLIS –– Carl Walker, Vice President of Engineering at CSX, was presented with the RT&S Engineer of the Year Award at the opening session of the AREMA Conference being held this week in Indianapolis.
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. –– While this is not a typical story for RT&S we’re reporting on this because of some insightful remarks made by CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs at this investor conference.
WALBRIDGE, Ohio – CSX announced Sept. 10 the Walbridge Yard in Ohio underwent infrastructure improvements.
ATLANTA –– Norfolk Southern’s Intermodal and Automotive business units recently announced upgrades to four terminals in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania that support “capacity, efficiency, and customer demand.” These projects are “strategic moves” designed to “bring more business to our railroad while helping to reduce highway congestion and truck carbon emissions.”
We hosted a call with a former Class I CEO on the implications of a transcontinental merger. Our panelist believes the merger will enable significant share gains over the long term, more
ATLANTA – CSX and the U.S. Navy: Training grounds for a top-flight engineer – Carl Walker, Engineer of the Year, CSX.
SAN ANTONIO – Union Pacific congratulates its New Braunfels-Taylor Maintenance of Way team for 23 years of injury-free service.
NOVI, Mich. – Represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED), 6,600 MoW workers at Union Pacific ratified a five-year contract to guarantee raises of 18.5 percent.
