NS started using that system during integration of its portion of Conrail because without the letters, it expected to run out of three-digit road symbols. A letter in the first position can indicate either an …

Eastern Railroad Discussion > Complete and Updated NS train symbols list Date: 12/13/00 19:09 Complete and Updated NS train symbols list Author: awillis50

I've heard that the railroad owned crew dormitory at Linwood, NC will be closing by the end of March. So, I pose the question, how many railroad owned dorms are still in use on the NS system? I think …

The larger future alignment is likely UP-NS-CP and BNSF-CSX-CN, with certain line swaps or sharing in limited areas being required, epseically New England and the central corridor of the Rio Grande and …

In a cost-cutting move Norfolk Southern plans to cut 7 percent of its management and staff positions. Trains magazine reported on its website that the carrier informed employees of the pending cuts on …

Area papers today are reporting that the possible GM/Chrysler merger could put the GM stamping plant in the Mansfield, OH, suburb of Ontario on the block. This facility is served by NS on a piece of the …

The chart below indicates the two year history of Norfolk Southern's listed “Scheduled” Train Symbols as of March 25 2020. Since March of 2018 there has been a reduction of 103 scheduled trains on the …

NS indicated they would reopen the line from Newport, Tn to Asheville, NC by early next year. Has anyone seen any sign of work or stockpiling of materials in the vicinity?

The severed east-west line is the NS Franklin District, formerly the Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway, and before that the Atlantic and Danville. Can anyone familiar with railroad operations in …

4 days ago · Discussion relating to the railroads of Eastern North America. Generally railroads east of Chicago.