Conrail Celebrates Point-No-Point Bridge Replacement
KEARNY, N.J. – On November 17, Conrail held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the new Point-No-Point Bridge that traverses the Passaic River.
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Norfolk Southern Launches Landmark Series Locomotives: Honoring America’s Historic Rail Cities (Updated 11/17/25 With Additional Images)
ATLANTA –– Norfolk Southern announced this week that it has launched the Landmark Series, a new lineup of locomotives that will operate in revenue freight service as well as lead the company’s business trains.
Norfolk Southern Shareholders Approve Merger with Union Pacific
ATLANTA –– Norfolk Southern Corporation today announced that its shareholders voted overwhelmingly, with nearly 99% of the shares cast in favor, to approve its previously announced transaction with Union Pacific at the company’s Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) held earlier today.
Amtrak Breaks Ground on Southampton Rail Yard Modernization Project in Boston
BOSTON – Joined by MassDOT, Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, and Rail Passenger Association leaders, Amtrak celebrated the start of construction on a train maintenance facility in Boston.
$1.4M Approved in Rail Crossing Upgrades in Three Ohio Counties
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) approved more than $1.4 million in rail crossing upgrades across three Ohio counties.
CN Upgrades Track From Liberty to Montgomery
CHICAGO – CN has completed project work in the Chicago region, with trains traversing on upgraded track from Liberty to Montgomery.
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Denies BNSF Land Use Designation Change –– UPDATED, 5:30 P.M. ET
PHOENIX, Ariz. –– BNSF has hit some choppy air in its progress toward building a new logistics hub in Arizona.
Eliminating Paper Barriers is the Pro-Competitive Move –– Commentary from Railway Age
NEW YORK –– Prior to the Staggers of Act of 1980, the only way a Class I railroad could shed the cost of marginal or money losing light density rail line was abandonment.
CN on UP+NS Merger: ‘Our Customers’ Voices Must Be Heard’
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).
Patriot Rail Completes Collaborative Grade Crossing Upgrades
KENDALLVILLE, Ind. – Patriot Rail completes a highway-rail grade crossing upgrade at Drake Road with its partners Midwest Rail, CDL Electric, and Wabtec.
NS, CSX Complete Modernization Efforts at Birmingham Junction
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Norfolk Southern and CSX replaced infrastructure components at the 14th Street Junction in Birmingham, Alabama.
BNSF Upgrades 130 Miles of Track to CWR
LA JUNTA, Colo. – BNSF worked with the Colorado and Kansas departments of transportation and Amtrak on a track project.
Eric Gebhardt Headlines Third Annual TTC Conference & Tour
Nearly 300 professionals from freight and passenger railroads, industry suppliers and consultants, universities, and research organizations gathered in Pueblo, Colo., earlier this month for the Third Annual TTC Conference & Tour, reported host
STV Leads Design for Amtrak’s Ivy City Yard Upgrades
WASHINGTON, D.C. – STV will lead design services for the Ivy City Yard upgrades in Washington, D.C.
CSX Temporarily Rerouted SN&A North Subdivision; Service Restored (UPDATED 10/10)
NASHVILLE – CSX is temporarily rerouting operations on its SN&A North Subdivision due to a bridge outage.
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employe Division (BMWED) Comments on the Removal of Former CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs
NOVI, Mich. –– The BMWED has rejected some of the other Union remarks on the impact of Joe Hinrichs on labor-management relations at CSX.
BMWED, A&S Ratify Agreement
ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED) American Rail System Federation members on the UP-owned Alton & Southern Railway (A&S) ratified a 5 year collective bargaining agreement.
‘Injustice in Jacksonville’
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.
CSX Reopens Howard Street Tunnel (Updated 10/3)
BALTIMORE – CSX reopened the expanded Howard Street Tunnel on September 26 in Baltimore.
Port of Benton Achieves Class 1 Track Status
RICHLAND, Wash. – Port of Benton’s railroad track has achieved Class 1 track status after the completion of major construction.