
Year: 2011




Norfolk Southern Roanoke Locomotive Shops Log 1 Million Injury-Free Employee-Hours
ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern’s Roanoke Locomotive Shops achieved 1 million injury-free employee-hours in March. The facility near downtown Roanoke, which employs about 200 people in the heavy maintenance and overhaul of the railroad’s locomotive fleet, reached the milestone March 12 after 3-1/2 years without an injury.



CN Agrees with City of Joliet, Ill., to Fund Grade-Crossing Bypass
CHICAGO — CN has reached an agreement with the City of Joliet, Ill. — the largest of the communities along the arc of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company (EJ&E) with which CN has a voluntary mitigation agreement (VMA) — to fund construction of a grade-crossing bypass that will improve vehicular traffic flows and enhance rail safety in the city’s Forest Park area.


