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CN Engineers, Conductors on Northern Quebec Internal Short Line Ratify Agreement

February 19, 2015 Railfanning.org News Wire

CN said Feb. 18 that locomotive engineers and conductors working on the company’s Northern Quebec Internal Short line have ratified a new collective agreement.

A Union Pacific locomotive pulls a train through Chattanooga, Tenn.

Union Pacific Railroad Most Admired in Industry

February 19, 2015 Railfanning.org News Wire

Fortune named Union Pacific Railroad the most admired among trucking, transportation and logistics companies for the fifth consecutive year, marking the twelfth time in 16 years the company has been named No. 1.

Six Killed After Metro North Crash

February 3, 2015 Todd DeFeo

Six people were killed and nine more injured after a Metro North train struck a vehicle on the tracks near Valhalla, according to published reports. A black Jeep was apparently stopped on the tracks when it was stuck by the train, which departed Grand Central Station about 45 minutes earlier, ABC News reported.

Norfolk Southern to Close Roanoke Office Building, Relocate Employees

January 27, 2015 Railfanning.org News Wire

Norfolk Southern will close its Roanoke office building at 110 Franklin Road SE later this year and relocate the functions currently housed there to Atlanta or Norfolk, the company said today. Approximately 500 people currently work in the building in marketing, accounting, information technology, and other departments. Affected employees will have the option of relocating with their positions. The action is being taken to foster departmental synergies and to make better use of the company’s real estate assets and support the company’s goal of streamlining its management workforce. Norfolk Southern is in the final process of evaluating which positions will

Norfolk Southern EVP and CMO Don Seale to Retire

January 14, 2015 Railfanning.org News Wire

Donald W. Seale, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Norfolk Southern Corp., has announced his plan to retire effective March 1, 2015, Chairman and CEO Wick Moorman said.

Amtrak Launches Website to Highlight NEC Investment Needs

January 7, 2015 Railfanning.org News Wire

A new Amtrak website aims to build support for capital investment in projects along the Northeast Corridor (NEC).

Atlanta streetcar to open Dec. 30, reports suggest

December 24, 2014 Todd DeFeo

ATLANTA — The much-anticipated Atlanta streetcar is set to open on Tuesday, Dec. 30, according to a number of media reports. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed earlier this year said streetcars would operate by the end of the year. The project has been fraught with complications, and it looked for a spell as if the streetcars would be operational this year. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the streetcars will operate for free for the first three months. The cost to ride on the 2.7-mile system will increase to $1 after the free period, the newspaper reported.