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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brain E. Gorton, Conrail's president and chief operating officer since April, recently chatted with FreightWaves about his vision for Conrail, a U.S.

Much of the conversation focused on the 20,000 gallons of vinyl chloride released from a ruptured tanker. Seven Conrail train cars derailed due to a train operator's decision to proceed across an ...

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 ...

DuPont Co. sued Norfolk Southern railroad because of service difficulties in the wake of NS’s purchase of a part of the former Conrail.

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 ...

Norfolk Southern has agreed to give one of its unions the paid sick days it demanded for members in negotiations last year, and is in talks to grant sick days to its other unions as well.