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Friday, June 12, 2015
Temple Universities archaeologists will be at Dino Days THIS WEEKEND!
Received the following via email from The Delaware River Railroad Excursions, Phillipsburg, NJ.
This Weekend- Beautiful! - DINO Days Train Ride
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Readin' Railroad Story Time starts this Saturday
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BR&W News and Coming Events
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Norfolk Souther Days at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is having a special event this coming weekend (6-13/14-15) titled Norfolk Southern Days. The locomotive NS 911 described in the post below will be on display along with other NS equipment.
Details can be found at the following web page:
http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/visitors/seasonal/ns/index.shtml
Details can be found at the following web page:
http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/visitors/seasonal/ns/index.shtml
NS dedicates locomotive honoring nation’s first responders
Received the following via email.
Norfolk
Southern dedicates locomotive honoring nation’s first
responders
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 4, 2015 – Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC)
in a ceremony at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station unveiled its latest
commemorative locomotive, a vibrant SD60E honoring emergency first responders.
The locomotive – with insignia recognizing police, fire, and emergency services
– will enter general revenue service on Norfolk Southern’s 22-state network.
“The relationships we have with first responders across our
network are vital components of operating a safe transportation system,” said
Jim Squires, NS president and CEO. “We hope everyone who sees this locomotive
will think about the dedication, the expertise, and the sacrifices first
responders make to serve our communities. We at Norfolk Southern are grateful
for their support, bravery, and partnership.”
The red, white, and gold locomotive – its paint scheme
designed by NS’ Visual Communications team and painted at the company’s Juniata
Locomotive Shop in Altoona, Pa. – features the Maltese Cross of fire services,
the Emergency Medical Services’ “Star of Life,” and the Police shield. It also
features the logo for Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response
(TRANSCAER), a national outreach organization dedicated to providing education
and resources to help raise the level of emergency preparedness for the unlikely
event of a rail incident. The locomotive sports “9-1-1,” the phone number to
request emergency assistance, as well as the Norfolk Southern OAR shield.
OAR – Operation Awareness & Response – is an NS program
to educate the public about the economic importance of the safe movement of
hazardous materials by rail to connect emergency first responders in Norfolk
Southern communities with information and training resources.
Norfolk Southern is a nationally recognized leader in
providing training and educational resources to first responders. NS earned
TRANSCAER’s 2014 National Achievement Award, the 15th time TRANSCAER
has recognized Norfolk Southern for its efforts to help communities prepare for
and respond to hazmat transportation incidents.
“Incidents involving trains and hazardous materials are
rare,” Squires said. “This is a safe mode of transportation. To make it even
safer, communities and Norfolk Southern work together to raise the level of
emergency preparedness, which is why we continuously facilitate training,
dialogue, and partnerships with emergency response leaders across our
network.”
Norfolk Southern conducted or participated in 98 TRANSCAER
community outreach events in 17 states during 2014. These included classroom and
hands-on training, tabletop simulations, and full-scale exercises, which
provided training for 5,442 emergency first responders. NS assisted in the
development of the AskRail app that allows first responders to use their mobile
phones to look up commodity and response information on shipments, and NS
continued its commitment to providing high-level training at the Security and
Emergency Response Training Center in Pueblo, Co.
About
Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern
Corporation
(NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk
Southern Railway Company subsidiary operates approximately 20,000
route
miles
in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in
the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to other rail
carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive intermodal network in the
East and is a major transporter of coal, automotive, and industrial
products.
Media
Inquiries:
Dave Pidgeon, 717-541-2247 (David.Pidgeon@nscorp.com)
Investor Inquiries:
Katie Cook, 757-629-2861 (InvestorRelations@nscorp.com)
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Below is a photo of NS 911 taken by Casey Thomason on 5-5-15 in Altoona, PA. Photo is from RailPictures.Net. More information at the following web page:
Three Bridges grade crossing closure
(Train sightings on 4-1-15.)
Despite what the "ROAD CLOSED" signs might indicate, the LEHL in Three
Bridges (NJ; MP 48) is not closed to westbound trains. Site preparation was
taking place for April 6th's grade crossing closure date for vehicular traffic.
The closing should last about one week for the NS upgrade of this crossing. Seen
here is NS 212 heading east at 9:31 on Wednesday. Motive power consisted of NS
8016, NS 7642 and BNSF 6529.
NS 8101 Central of Georgia on 20K @ Stanton Station
(Train sightings on 3-29-15.)
The "S" curves at Stanton Station, NJ (LEHL MP 53) is the location for this
image of 20K (Chicago, IL to Croxton, NJ intermodal) around 3:58 on Sunday as it
continues east towards Croxton, NJ. Looking at this scene finds quite a variety
of railroads represented. The NS leader 8101 (ES44AC) represents the Central of
Georgia RR with CSX 5267 (ES44DC) and CSX 754 (ES44AC) trailing. The tracks were
once part of the Lehigh Valley RR, later Conrail and now NS. As for Stanton, it
was at one time a station on the East and Amboy Railroad.
Snow Squall at Chenango Road, W&LE, Saturday, 11/28
Received the following from our correspondent in NW Pennsylvania.
We got down to 15 degrees on Friday night, here in Greenville, PA, and although we didn't quite get down into the single digits on Saturday night (after Ken Heyl made this photo, just east of New London, Ohio), we DID get just one frigid degree away...
Old Man Winter can be a tenacious sun-of-a-gun in March in northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
Good Sunday morning RR Friends,
Yesterday morning was a fairly nice here in Ashland,
however when I got up to “CSX/WLE Land” the weather all CHANGED ! Here’s a
photo from the “Winter Time RR Adventure” observed yesterday --- W&LE #6983
waits in a snow storm for a crew change at Chenango Road just east of New
London, Ohio.
Friday, May 08, 2015
NMRA GSD Meet - This Saturday
Received the following via email.
Activity Fee: $5.00
This Saturday
A
Joint Meet
The
Garden State Division
and
The
New Jersey Division
The
Spring Meet will be dual meet held with
our
sister Division from South Jersey
Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 9:00 am
Location
Hillsborough
Township Municipal Building
379
South Branch Road, Hillsborough, NJ
Hillsborough is just a little south of
Somerville on Rt. 206 and the municipal building is located a short distance off
of Rt. 206
***
Directions and maps are available in the Whistle Post
Just
click the Whistle Post LINK below and go to page 11.
Activity Fee: $5.00
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Meet
Activities
Clinics
”Light Up Your Layout
With LEDs!” Presented by
Mike Prokop
This clinic demonstrates the many kinds and
types of LED strip lights that are available, along with neat ideas and the
techniques for using them to illuminate your railroad. If it’s new construction
or an existing layout, LED lighting can provide an easy and cost effective
method of making your layout shine! Light up dark hidden trackage, staging
yards, under the table storage areas, and display cabinets. Working hardware
samples of the LED strip lights will be shown along with power supplies,
controlling devices, and mounting products.
“Sheet Styrene Backdrops” Presented by
Jim Fawcett.
Jim has created flowing and seamless
backdrops on his two deck layout from styrene sheets. He will show you how four
distinctly different applications were used. All attachments are what Jim calls
“temporarily permanent”; very stable and seamless, but removable. Also, the
benefits of styrene include it being light, easy to clean and cut, handle, and
attach. It can be used for backdrops on layouts, modules, and dioramas. As a
bonus the leftover pieces are great for making models.
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“Bring 'n' Brag”
Session
Door
Prizes
Achievement
Program Judging
“Bring a
Friend” for the
Special NMRA Rail Pass Membership
Drive
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After the meet, there
will be FOUR layouts to visit:
“The Sceniced and Undecided”
Rick and Linda Spano’s layout is well known to many as it
has been published several times including in Great Model Railroads. The large
“N” Scale layout features long trains passing through the Canadian Rockies, an
operating rotary coal dumper with live loads, a sea port and large city scene on
the banks of a bay. Special lighting and sound effects and much more are
featured.
“Newark
Terminal Division”
Jim Homoki's HO
layout features the Penn Central and CNJ equipment and operations in the
1969-1974 era. Each main line runs as its’ own railroad, with interchange in the
Newark area. Operating sessions are held monthly and with a recent extension to
Jersey City, now lasts about 3 hours. Most locomotives are sound equipped, with
control by Digitrax.
“Neshanic River
Railroad”
Jim Grill’s
N-Scale Layout based on the Lehigh Valley and Central Railroad of New Jersey
running side by side through eastern Pennsylvania. It has been designed and
built with operation as its basic theme. The model transportation system has
been in operation since 1984 but has been rebuilt three times. The first was
done because of a move to a new house. The second and third rebuilds were due to
floods caused by Floyd and Irene.
“New England &
Western Railroad”
Ed Sproles’ layout is a freelanced HO scale New England
railroad set roughly in the late 60’s to early 70’s. Motive power is leased from
other regional railroads, mainly BM and MEC, it operates with NCE DCC. The
double track mainline goes around the walls of a 30’ x 34’ basement, with one
major city and freight yard. Elsewhere two industrial switching areas service a
number of large commercial buildings. A connection to the north brings in
Canadian traffic. The visible mainline is signaled and scenery is basically
complete.
***
To view photographs of the layouts on tour
Just
click the Whistle Post LINK below and go to page 8.
Addresses
and maps to layouts
will be available at
meet.
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We will have a “White Elephant” table. Bring
your unwanted
items to sell. There are always
bargains!
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The NMRA Garden State Division is
at
Sunday, May 03, 2015
Forbes Names CSX One of America's Best Employers
Received the following via email.
JACKSONVILLE , Fla. (March 27, 2015) - A commitment to employee
development and diversity, combined with consistently high performance in key
business areas, earned CSX (NYSE: CSX) a place as one of "America 's Best
Employers," according to a new survey published by Forbes magazine.
Forbes Names CSX One of America 's Best Employers
"One of CSX's core values is 'People Make the
Difference,' and being recognized as one of the most highly recommended
employers is a true honor and testament to our collective efforts," said
Michael J. Ward, chairman and chief executive officer. "CSX is committed
to hiring and retaining the best and brightest employees from a variety of
backgrounds, and offering opportunities for competitive pay and benefits in an
industry that provides critical support to our nation's economy."
Forbes determined its first-ever "America 's Best Employers" list based on a
survey of more than 20,000 American workers at U.S. companies and divisions of
multinationals, nonprofit institutions such as hospitals, and government
agencies. CSX was also recently recognized as one of the "World's Most
Admired Companies" by FORTUNE magazine, as one of the G.I. Jobs' 2015
"Top 100 Military Friendly Employers," and as a "Best Place to Work
in IT" by IDG's Computerworld.
CSX prides itself on attracting and retaining a diverse and
inclusive workforce, and consistently being a top employer of military
veterans. One in five CSX employees have served in the armed forces and 27
percent of the company's new employees in 2014 has military experience.
CSX is dedicated to providing employees with the tools and
resources they need to flourish in their careers. The company offers
best-in-class training and development opportunities, including the CSX
Railroad Education and Development Institute's 60 front-line rail operations
training programs. CSX has also invested in and equipped employees with
advanced engineering and technology including robotics and mobile apps, which
help them to be safer and more efficient in their daily tasks.
A comprehensive employee health and wellness program
provides an array of healthy lifestyle options, including gym facilities across
the network and dedicated Health and Wellness counselors. Additionally,
employees are encouraged to volunteer and give back to their communities
through opportunities such as the Dollars for Doers program, in which CSX
matches employees' volunteer time at eligible non-profits with company
financial resources.
About CSX
CSX, based in Jacksonville ,
Florida United States , where nearly
two-thirds of the nation's population resides.
It also links more than 240 short-line railroads and more than 70 ocean,
river and lake ports with major population centers and farming towns
alike. More information about CSX
Corporation and its subsidiaries is available at www.csx.com. Like us on Facebook
(http://www.facebook.com/OfficialCSX) and follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/CSX).
Contact:
Melanie Cost
(904) 359-1037
NS launches $53-million energy innovation project at Juniata Locomotive Shop
Received the following via email.
Norfolk Southern launches $53-million energy innovation
project at Juniata Locomotive Shop
ALTOONA, Pa., March 27, 2015 -- Norfolk Southern today
launched a $53-million energy conversion project at its Juniata Locomotive Shop
that will substantially reduce carbon emissions and water usage at the 70-acre
facility.
Norfolk Southern will replace the shop’s coal boilers with
natural gas heaters and install a 1.2-megawatt capacity combined heat and power
generator that will produce enough electricity to sustain the entire 16-building
complex. When completed in late 2017, Norfolk Southern expects the improvements
to save about $4 million in electricity costs, reduce water usage by 49.4
million gallons from steam-water recovery, and eliminate more than 29,000 tons
of carbon emissions in Pennsylvania on an annual basis. The project goes beyond
equipment changes to include adding insulation, energy-efficient windows at key
locations, high-speed roll-up doors on locomotive bays, and replacing roofing to
ensure the full sustainability benefits of the investment are realized.
The project follows a comprehensive review of work demands
and energy consumption at Juniata, the largest locomotive repair shop in North
America and headquarters for Norfolk Southern’s locomotive rebuild program. The
facility has about 1,050 employees who specialize in heavy repairs and engine
overhauls.
“This project showcases Norfolk Southern’s commitment to
sustainability and innovation,” said CEO Wick Moorman. “The Juniata Locomotive
Shop has a 125-year legacy of leading the rail industry in locomotive
technology, and with our energy conversion project, this shop and its employees
will remain an industry frontrunner in the 21st century.”
“I applaud Norfolk Southern’s commitment to innovation and
growth for the rail industry in Blair County and across the country,” said U.S.
Rep. Bill Shuster, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee. “The Juniata Locomotive Shop has been operating for over 100 years in
Central Pennsylvania, and this latest investment helps solidify its continued
role in growing this nation through our railroads.”
State Sen. Jon Eichelberger; state Rep. John McGinnis; Jim
Frank, district director for Congressman Bill Shuster; and Blair Wimbush, NS
vice president real estate and corporate sustainability officer, also
participated in the project launch.
“The Juniata Locomotive Shop has provided good-paying job
opportunities for the citizens of Blair County and surrounding counties for
generations,” said Dennis Davin, acting secretary of the Pennsylvania Department
of Community and Economic Development. “This significant investment by Norfolk
Southern in energy efficiency will help ensure that this facility remains
competitive.”
“This is an important announcement by Norfolk Southern in
many respects,” said state Sen. John Eichelberger. “They are again demonstrating
their long-term commitment to the Juniata shops, which is a vital part of our
region’s economy, and by converting to cleaner-burning natural gas, they are
helping our Commonwealth’s burgeoning drilling industry.”
About
Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern
Corporation
(NYSE: NSC)
is
one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern
Railway Company subsidiary operates approximately 20,000
route
miles
in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in
the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to other rail
carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive intermodal network in the
East and is a major transporter of coal, automotive, and industrial
products.
Media
Inquiries:
Dave Pidgeon, 717-541-2247 (David.Pidgeon@nscorp.com)
Investor Inquiries:
Katie Cook, 757-629-2861 (InvestorRelations@nscorp.com)
Union Pacific, Monongahela and Ringling Brothers Red Unit Circus Train...
(Train sightings on 3-23-15.)
11:36 NS 212 [Atlanta, GA to Croxton,NJ] - NS 6949, NS 9317 and NS 1104
11:58 NS 18N [Fostoria, OH to Doremus, NJ] - NS 9398 & NS 9590; loaded autoracks.
12:12 NS 20E [Chicago, IL to Croxton,NJ] - NS 6344, NS 8465, NS 8342 & NS 2763
12:30 NS 20R [Chicago, IL to E-Rail, NJ] - NS 2521 & NS 8075
12:45 NS 11J [Doremus, NJ to Detroit, MI] - NS 7607 & UP 8249 with 67 empty autoracks
1:15 NS 67Z [Linden, NJ to Chicago, IL] - NS 1076 & NS 8025 [Monongahela heritage unit]
2:28 NS 056 Ringling Brothers Red Unit Circus Train - NS 2772 & NS 9501; East Rutherford, NJ's IZOD Center to Huntsville, AL. This will be a 984 mile move via NS scheduled to arrive in Huntsville on March 26th
...is basically what passed by my vantage point on March 23rd near the Lehigh
Line's MP 40 in Hillsborough (NJ) near CP SULLY. Here is what I saw starting
with NS 11J. It would take Main 1, previously known as the Royce Runner, and
hold there for a parade of eastbound trains.
11:36 NS 212 [Atlanta, GA to Croxton,NJ] - NS 6949, NS 9317 and NS 1104
11:58 NS 18N [Fostoria, OH to Doremus, NJ] - NS 9398 & NS 9590; loaded autoracks.
12:12 NS 20E [Chicago, IL to Croxton,NJ] - NS 6344, NS 8465, NS 8342 & NS 2763
12:30 NS 20R [Chicago, IL to E-Rail, NJ] - NS 2521 & NS 8075
12:45 NS 11J [Doremus, NJ to Detroit, MI] - NS 7607 & UP 8249 with 67 empty autoracks
1:15 NS 67Z [Linden, NJ to Chicago, IL] - NS 1076 & NS 8025 [Monongahela heritage unit]
2:28 NS 056 Ringling Brothers Red Unit Circus Train - NS 2772 & NS 9501; East Rutherford, NJ's IZOD Center to Huntsville, AL. This will be a 984 mile move via NS scheduled to arrive in Huntsville on March 26th
NS 2014 Annual Report highlights record year
Received the following via email.
Norfolk Southern 2014
Annual Report highlights record year driven by people, equipment, and
infrastructure ‘behind every train’
NORFOLK, Va.,
March 25, 2015 – Norfolk Southern Corporation today posted its
2014 Annual Report online,
highlighting record-setting net income, revenues, operating income, earnings per
share, and operating ratio. The annual report, titled, “Behind Every Train,”
includes a letter from CEO Wick Moorman that focuses on the people, equipment,
and infrastructure supporting the company’s financial and operational
achievements.
“2014 was an outstanding year for Norfolk Southern,” Moorman
said. “Our performance during the year demonstrated the increasing demand for
our services, the growing value of freight rail transportation in the
marketplace, and Norfolk Southern’s progress in enhancing service to meet the
needs of customers and create long-term value for shareholders.”
Moorman said, “As business began to rise dramatically
following the difficult winter, we invested significant resources to align our
people, equipment, and rail capacity with the volumes we were experiencing on
the network.” The company hired 1,344 train and engine employees during 2014 and
placed into service 169 locomotives. “We also initiated several infrastructure
projects in the Chicago and upper Midwest areas to add capacity and operating
flexibility,” Moorman said.
“We remain committed to our proven strategy of operating an
efficient, high-velocity railroad, which enables us to offer the best possible
customer service and retain and grow business at rates that provide a superior
return for our shareholders,” Moorman said.
To request a copy of the 2014 Annual Report, call
800-531-6757, email annualreport@nscorp.com, or write to
Norfolk Southern Corp., Corporate Communications Department, Three Commercial
Place, Norfolk, Va. 23510-9217.
About
Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern
Corporation
(NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk
Southern Railway Company subsidiary operates approximately 20,000
route
miles
in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in
the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to other rail
carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive intermodal network in the
East and is a major transporter of coal, automotive, and industrial
products.
Media
Inquiries:
Rick Harris, 404-529-2310 (rick.harris@nscorp.com)
Investor Inquiries:
Katie Cook, 757-629-2861 (InvestorRelations@nscorp.com)
A LEHL Sunday morning at CP SULLY
(Train sightings on 3-22-15.)
CP SULLY, located between the Valley and Roycefield Road grade crossings in
Hillsborough (NJ) near LEHL MP 40, is one of my favorite locations for
photography. This location is considered the west end of what was
once designated as the Royce Running Track. Sunday morning would find 11J
stopped on Main 2 due to some type of mechanical issue. As a result, 20E would
bypass 11J by taking Main 1, a/k/a; the Royce Runner, around 9:55. Lead by the
NS heritage unit Monongahela and NS 1076, 66Z would also traverse Main 2 later
around 10:43 AM. Did not stay around after 66Z's passage as morning's icy winds
did not make it feel too spring to me on this third day of
spring!
Monongahela thru Manville
Received the following via email from George Miller, one of our customers.
Here is Georgie's picture from this morning (3-22-15). We caught this on 66Z going east thru Manville, NJ. This train goes down the secondary line and terminates in Linden, NJ.
Here is Georgie's picture from this morning (3-22-15). We caught this on 66Z going east thru Manville, NJ. This train goes down the secondary line and terminates in Linden, NJ.
Chenango Rd. 'Green of Spring'?
Received the following from our correspondent in NW Pennsylvania.
No green, yet, on the trees or in the grass at Chenango Road in the last hour or so of Winter before Spring sprung (officially) in the East at 6:45, this evening (3-20-15). Photographer Ken Heyl did manage to catch the green road signage and green FURX lease locomotive on CSX Transportation main line rails near New London in northern Ohio's Huron County. (There might be a little residual green, somewhere nearby, from Saint Patrick's Day on the 17th.)
Earlier in the day, snow was falling and accumulating again, further east on the CSX New Castle Subdivision. Down here in South Carolina, it was 70 and crystal clear, and every tree and shrub blossom that could bloom and fill the air with pollen was busy doing so! I hope your 2015 Vernal Equinox was pleasant, wherever you were, without itching of eyes or running of nose.
No green, yet, on the trees or in the grass at Chenango Road in the last hour or so of Winter before Spring sprung (officially) in the East at 6:45, this evening (3-20-15). Photographer Ken Heyl did manage to catch the green road signage and green FURX lease locomotive on CSX Transportation main line rails near New London in northern Ohio's Huron County. (There might be a little residual green, somewhere nearby, from Saint Patrick's Day on the 17th.)
Earlier in the day, snow was falling and accumulating again, further east on the CSX New Castle Subdivision. Down here in South Carolina, it was 70 and crystal clear, and every tree and shrub blossom that could bloom and fill the air with pollen was busy doing so! I hope your 2015 Vernal Equinox was pleasant, wherever you were, without itching of eyes or running of nose.
CSX Contributes Grant to Enhance Virginia Hazardous Materials Training Facility
Received the following via email.
CSX Contributes Grant to Enhance Virginia Hazardous Materials Training
Facility
Jacksonville, FL - March 19, 2015 - As CSX continues its
commitment to first responder preparation, the company today presented a
$25,000 grant to the Hazardous Materials/CBRNE Training Facility in York
County, Va., to enhance training for Virginia's fire fighters and other
responders.
Grant funds will be used to purchase equipment to expand and
improve the existing training facility's rail related hazardous materials
capabilities including enhancing current and future railcar props; installing
lighting and electrical connections to facilitate night training; expanding the
classrooms to accommodate larger groups; and sustaining the facility with
continued maintenance.
"An emergency response team's ability is significantly
strengthened when there is an opportunity to train in real life scenarios and
work in situations relevant to today's emergency response community," said
Chris Sadler, Assistant Chief, York County Department of Fire and Life
Safety. "With this grant, the
training facility can continue to provide state-of-the-art emergency response
training for the Commonwealth's emergency responders."
The Hazardous Materials/CBRNE Training Facility provides
hands-on training opportunities for first responders on how to handle hazardous
materials, particularly in the area of rail hazardous materials incident
response. Its operations are supported by a partnership between the Virginia
Department of Emergency Management, Virginia Association of Hazardous Materials
Response Specialists, and York County Department of Fire and Life Safety. CSX
previously donated to the facility in 2011.
"CSX and first responders share a critical
responsibility to protect Virginia 's
communities," said Romano De Simone, Director Hazardous Materials.
"Safety is our first priority, and we work to create educational, hands-on
opportunities that help our responding partners be well prepared to make the
best, fact-based decisions in the event of a railroad incident."
The grant is part of CSX's expanded safety training outreach
to first responders and emergency personnel, which also includes the CSX Safety
Train: Energy Preparedness Program that has trained more than 2,000 first
responders from more than 350 organizations in 18 cities to date. CSX also
launched the industry's first mobile application to share information about
train and cargo information with first responders in the event of an incident.
First responders interested in accessing the mobile application should contact
1-877-TELL-CSX.
About CSX
CSX, based in Jacksonville ,
Florida United States , where nearly
two-thirds of the nation's population resides.
It also links more than 240 short-line railroads and more than 70 ocean,
river and lake ports with major population centers and farming towns
alike. More information about CSX
Corporation and its subsidiaries is available at www.csx.com. Like us on
Facebook (http://facebook.com/OfficialCSX) and follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/CSX).
Contact:
Kaitlyn Barrett
kaitlyn_barrett@csx.com
904-359-1037
NS expands its 'Railroad University' operations training center
Received the following via email.
Norfolk
Southern expands its ‘Railroad University’ operations training center to better
equip graduates for customer service
MCDONOUGH,
Ga., March 18, 2015 –Norfolk Southern Corporation today held a ribbon-cutting
ceremony to celebrate the expansion of its “Railroad University” and redoubled
its commitment to superior transportation services for its present and future
rail customers.
“This
facility is all about investing in our people,” CEO Wick Moorman said. “The
better we equip and train our conductors, engineers, and other craft and
supervisory employees to do their jobs safely and efficiently, the more
opportunity we have to achieve and surpass the level of service our customers
expect and that we commit to provide.”
Moorman,
President Jim Squires, Executive Vice President Administration Cindy Earhart,
and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Mark Manion were among
the first to tour a newly constructed building on the center’s campus at
McDonough, Ga., just south of Atlanta. The two-story expansion effectively
doubles the training center’s classroom space, from 27,000 to 50,000 square
feet. Today, even as some of the training center’s 21 staff members hosted tours
in the new building, others provided instruction for close to 400 employees next
door. The number of students could grow to 900 in the near future as the new
building is occupied. Employees in the new space will receive enhanced
technology-enabled interactive instruction, including use of tablets, touch
screens, and simulation training.
“After their classroom and practical experiences at the
training center, employees go on assignment with the tools and perspective to
make immediate contributions to the success of a 21st century
railroad and the customers and communities that depend on us,” said Dominik
Browne, manager of the facility.
When
it opened in December 1974, the center was the rail industry’s first dedicated
facility for training and educating employees and quickly was dubbed “RRU” or
“Railroad University.” Over the last 40 years, the career path for Norfolk
Southern conductors, engineers, track and signal workers, and others has gone
through McDonough and on to field locations throughout the company’s 22-state
rail network. Prior expansions at McDonough included classroom space for
supervisory and management courses in addition to technical training. Outside, 4
miles of track and a four-track rail yard complete with rolling stock give
students opportunity to take their classroom instruction into a real operating
environment.
About
Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern
Corporation
(NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk
Southern Railway Company subsidiary operates approximately 20,000
route
miles
in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in
the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to other rail
carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive intermodal network in the
East and is a major transporter of coal, automotive, and industrial
products.
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