NORFOLK, Va. — Joseph C. Dimino has been named vice president audit and compliance for Norfolk Southern Corp., effective Feb. 1, with headquarters in Norfolk. He will report to Chief Executive Officer Wick Moorman.
Dimino joined Norfolk Southern in 1976 as an attorney and was promoted to senior general counsel in 2002 and vice president and […]

BEIJING — Thousands of Chinese railway passengers were stranded following heavy snow in southern China.
More than 150,000 passengers were stranded at the Guangzhou railway station. The station is on the southern end of a the rail line that connects Beijing. Many of the passengers were heading home for Lunar New Year holiday.
An additional 450,000 passengers […]

KUTAHYA, Turkey — Nine people were killed and at least 14 injured when a passenger train derailed Jan. 27 in western Turkey.
The train was carrying more than 400 people when two of its cars derailed near Kutahya. The train left Istanbul and was heading for Denizli at the time of the derailment.
Investigators are probing whether […]

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. reported record fourth- quarter 2007 net income of $399 million, an increase of 4 percent, compared with $385 million for fourth-quarter 2006.
Diluted earnings per share were $1.02, up 7 percent, compared with the $0.95 per diluted share earned in the fourth quarter of 2006. Net income for 2007 was […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp. reported fourth quarter 2007 net earnings of $365 million, or 86 cents per share, including a penny per share from insurance gains.
In the fourth quarter of last year, the company reported earnings of $347 million, or 75 cents per share, including 18 cents per share from insurance gains, a gain […]

WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board is calling on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to tighten rules governing wayside worker safety following a pair of Metrorail accidents that resulted in three employee fatalities.
“The safety provisions that are in place are understandably geared to the thousands of the daily Metro commuters,” said NTSB […]

CHEMULT, Ore. — Following mudslides over railroad tracks north of Chemult, Ore., on Jan. 19, Amtrak Coast Starlight service will be disrupted Jan. 24 through Jan. 31. No alternate transportation is provided.
Union Pacific Railroad has suspended all railroad traffic through the area.
The northbound Coast Starlight (Train 14) is canceled from Los Angeles to Seattle from […]

WASHINGTON – Amtrak and representatives of nine labor organizations today signed an agreement, avoiding a strike that would have brought to a halt the nation’s passenger railroad and dozens of other railroads that use Amtrak’s rail network.
The nine unions were legally free to strike starting Jan. 30, 2008.
The National Mediation Board had released the parties […]

WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Wednesday (Jan. 23) regarding two fatal Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail accidents.
The incidents happened within six months of one another that involved wayside workers.
On May 14, 2006, a southbound WMATA Metrorail Red Line subway train struck and killed a […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — What does Europe’s sophisticated “Venice Simplon-Orient-Express” have in common with India’s wheezing, narrow-gauge geezer, the 100-year-old steam “Toy Train”?
They’re both members of a select group; namely, “The World’s Top 25 Trains,” as determined by The Society of International Railway Travelers. An organization of travelers who love the comfort and romance of great […]