Norfolk Southern Sues Chemical and Rail Companies Over East Palestine Cleanup
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio – Norfolk Southern has filed a third-party complaint against the chemical and rail car owners involved in the East Palestine derailment last February.
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio – Norfolk Southern has filed a third-party complaint against the chemical and rail car owners involved in the East Palestine derailment last February.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association responded to the FRA in a docket over the disposal of creosote-treated railroad ties and its efforts to keep them out of landfills.
CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. – R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Line has sent out a notice for soliciting sealed bids for rail, cross tie, and switch tie replacements as well as grade crossing refurbishments.
LAURENS, S.C. – CSX Track Maintenance team in Laurens, South Carolina celebrates 20 years being injury-free.
WESTMONT, Ill. – Metra announced in a news release that BNSF will operate on a Sunday schedule next weekend in order to replace rail ties along the platform at Westmont.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is now accepting infrastructure project applications for up to $5.575 billion in funding from three major discretionary grant programs. Applications are being solicited together under a single Notice
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 in the coming
STILLWATER COUNTY, Mont. – A bridge collapse in Stillwater County, Mont., on June 24 sent a Montana Rail Link (MRL) train, hauling hot asphalt and molten sulfur, into the Yellowstone River below. The regional railroad is leading cleanup efforts and an investigation is under way by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).
SEATTLE – Amtrak and BNSF are requesting the city of Seattle to part with South Holgate Street so that both companies can enclose and barricade the area.
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio – Norfolk Southern completes railroad bridge replacement and track elevation as part of its infrastructure improvements over a 22-state network.
BISMARCK, N.D. – BNSF will remove a 140 year old railway bridge and replace it with a new railway bridge that will last another one hundred years.
MADISON, Wis. – Work with noted steam photographer proved to be significant to both men.
WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) would be able to add more investigators to its team under the Rail Inspector Safety Act, which Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) introduced June 13 and
WASHINGTON – A little over a week ago, RT&S reported that Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) reintroduced H.R. 3782 – The Short Line Railroad Relief Act with several of his colleagues. This legislation authorizes the establishment of a disaster relief program to provide much-needed immediate financial assistance to our nation’s short line railroads.
ATLANTA – A major challenge for the railroad industry is that it operates outside. Railroads build, own, and maintain their infrastructure, and when bad weather hits, it’s up to them to plan for and deal with it with their personnel and money.
RIDGEVILLE, S.C. – After years of delays, the South Carolina legislature has approved funding for a Palmetto Railways extension to a Volvo plant in Ridgeville.
The government of Saskatchewan is awarding $530,000 in grants to 13 provincially regulated short lines for track upgrade and expansion, highway/rail grade crossing surface and sightline improvement, bridge maintenance, and other projects.
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. – Freight service is allowed to resume service after a landslide took place in California.
WILLMAR, Minn. – The city of Willmar approved a purchase for land to be developed into an industrial rail park.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The city of Cleveland delivers letter to Class Is to address dilapidated rail bridges.