Perhaps it was inevitable — a dramatic odd-man-out duel between two longtime railroad rivals over Conrail, the jewel of the Northeast. The spoils are indeed rich. If CSX or Norfolk Southern ...

The Norfolk Southern and Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole have reached an agreement that will ensure continued competition and the same level of service. Conrail operating by itself is a ...

As described in an October 2019 FreightWaves piece, Conrail "performs car switching and yard classification work for its two owners, Norfolk Southern and CSX. It does not bill shippers or ...

Norfolk Southern Corp., struggling to overcome service problems stemming from its 1999 merger with part of Conrail, showed a small increase in profit from its railroad during the third quarter.

Conrail approval: CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp.’s plan to divide Conrail Inc. got conditional approval from the Justice Department, which said the companies should allow others to use ...

Norfolk Southern Corp. and Conrail Inc. are negotiating a merger that would form a 26,400-mile railroad blanketing the Eastern half of the country. A merger would combine the predominantly north ...

In 1998, following the breakup of Conrail, Norfolk Southern acquired the line east of Crestline. The depot came with the line. The depot last received a facelift in 2005 when volunteers and East ...

Seven Conrail train cars derailed due to a train operator's decision to proceed across an unlocked swing bridge over Mantua Creek, according to federal investigators. At the time, Stevenson was on ...

Railroad executives told an investors conference that future mergers face likely insurmountable regulatory hurdles. The post Regulatory risk a red signal to rail mergers, investors told appeared first ...

The Wilmington, Del.-based chemical company alleges that the Norfolk, Va.-based railroad breached its contract to provide DuPont with timely, uninterrupted and reliable service. In the lawsuit ...

Norfolk Southern has about 19,000 employees total and about 15,000 of whom are union members. But that’s down more than 20% from the 24,600 employees it had — including nearly 20,000 union ...