The wife of a Norfolk Southern employee killed late last year in a railway accident in Bessemer, Alabama, has sued the embattled rail giant for negligence that resulted in his wrongful death. Walter ...

Norfolk Southern (NS) conductor trainees can now expect up to $5,000 in starting bonuses, the Class I railroad reported on Feb. 17. To boost its workforce, NS will provide up to $5,000 to trainees in ...

The nation’s largest railroad union wants federal regulators to do more to ensure conductors are properly trained in the wake of two recent trainee deaths. The Transportation Division of the ...

Following two recent deaths involving conductor trainees, the union representing train conductors is calling for more stringent training than what’s being offered now at the freight railroads, ...

BALTIMORE - A CSX conductor trainee fell during a shoving movement and was struck and killed by a train on June 26, a report by the NTSB reveals. The investigation shows that the trainee fell from an ...

The Federal Railroad Administration on June 14 sent a letter (downloadable below) to Norfolk Southern Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Nabanita Nag accusing the railroad of neglecting ...

(RTTNews) - Transportation company Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) announced Thursday that it has increased Conductor Trainee pay to $25 per hour, with a minimum of $200 in earnings per shift. Norfolk ...

A Norfolk Southern employee training to become a conductor was killed on the job this week in a railway accident in Bessemer, Alabama. The victim has been identified as Walter James Griffin III, 43, ...