A federal district court on Feb. 19 ruled in the plaintiffs’ favor on multi-district litigation comprising more than 200 shippers who allege that BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific have conspired to engage in fuel surcharge price-fixing since 2003.
Norfolk Southern (NS) has walked away from building a rail transfer facility in Atlanta, Ga., following community opposition and potential litigation.
A 2,600-acre master planned multi-modal industrial park has reached dual milestones, reports partners OmniTRAX and the Effingham County Industrial Development Authority in Georgia.
Norfolk Southern (NS) and consultancy WSP US have added new executives to their rosters.
RAILWAY AGE, FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE: Railway Age is honoring 20 “Fast Trackers” from a pool of more than 100 strong nominations for this year’s 20 Under 40 awards program.
TrinityRail has introduced Trinsight™ tracking to provide shippers with railcar and cargo location, condition and status information in real time. The company also reported that its Maintenance Services division has acquired Bay Worx Rail, a Texas-based tank car cleaning business.
The R.J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC named Ronald L. (Ron) Batory, former FRA Administrator, to the Board of Directors on Feb. 1.
Norfolk Southern (NS) worked with 86 businesses to open new or expanded rail-served facilities along its network in 2020. They are expected to generate more than 54,300 carloads of volume annually, the railroad reported.
For Norfolk Southern (NS), fourth-quarter net income of $671 million rose nearly 1% from the year-earlier period’s $666 million, and its 61.8% operating ratio was “all-time quarterly record,” the Class I railroad reported Jan. 27.
Railway Age is honoring 20 “Fast Trackers” from a pool of more than 100 strong nominations for this year’s 20 Under 40 awards program.
