April 7, 2010 NJ Transit ordered to pay employee $570G in whistleblower case. A New Jersey Transit employee has received a record $569,587 award after a federal investigation found that NJ Transit illegally retaliated against the Clifton man — resulting in his losing his home, car and credit rating — for reporting an injury to another worker. Read More...

March 16, 2010 Norfolk Southern is proud of their safety record, but is their railroad really safe, or do they simply falsify the data regarding injuries?  Complaints in behalf of individual injured members of the BMWED, represented by Union lawyers, have been filed under the Whistleblower laws with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.  These complaints allege that Norfolk Southern, and its managers, have engaged in a pattern of systematically intimidating witnesses, denying proper medical attention to injured workers and discharging employees who report injuries. Read the March  2010 Norfolk Southern Edition of An Appeal To Reason.

March 3, 2010 In a letter from NS Vice President Labor Relations Mobley, the Carrier has designated which agent is responsible for handling claims and grievances.

February 5, 2010 The rails have all reported their fourth quarter 2009 earnings and are summarized.  Generally speaking the results were not very impressive – analyst consensus estimates were either slightly missed or just reached and there were no meaningful beaten expectations. View NS summary.

September 30, 2009 NS has served notice to consolidate certain seniority districts involving the Northern Region.  Under the terms of imposed agreement NS has this right and we are required to meet with NS and bargain over its implementation.  There are four General Committees involved and two separate collective bargaining agreements and we have not yet determined how we will approach this issue.  We will be meeting internally to determine the best course of action for all of us.  If we are unable to reach an agreement with NS then the railroad has the right to move the issue to arbitration and an arbitrator will determine how and under what circumstances the seniority district mergers will occur or could determine that NS has not shown a sufficient operational need to effect these mergers. Date Link directs viewer to NS notice.

June 3, 2009 Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) will have little choice but to further cut jobs and capital spending if new regulations cap its ability to raise prices, the railroad's top executive said Wednesday.

January 21, 2009 Herr Street underpass repairs under way

January 16, 2009 Are the cracked railroad overpasses in Scotland, Pennsylvania safe? Neither the state nor the federal government could answer specifically about the safety of the 100-year-old railroad overpasses.

NS Maintenance of Way Vehicles on Parade

YouTube Videos - We found some videos hanging on the web and have re-posted the links here, along with authors comments. Mildly interesting.

NS MOW crews had done extensive trackwork on the Beesley's Point Secondary in South Jersey. They're on their way to be loaded onto their train, which is on a siding just a short distance away. Over 20 vehicles are in this group. See video here.

Another YouTube video of NS Maintenance of Way crews and equipment. December 11, 2007. MoW Parade! Nice horns! 12 different machines head west through CP Prescott after a days work. View video here.

One more from the same area and author. See video here.

Yet another Youtube video of NS Track work. Threading rail, spikers, etc. See video here.

Hard to believe all the excitement over track equipment. If these foamers spent a summer week in a tie gang, they would throw their camera's in a ditch and take up another hobbie. One more video of NS track equipment here.

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Snitch

Next to a scab, a snitch or an informer is one of the lowest forms of humanity. All we have is our ability to stick together. Statements given to railroad management and their agents will only be used against you.

Management is not interested in the truth and is only interested in protecting their money at our expense. Be careful what you say and never volunteer any information.

Remember, nobody likes a snitch. No one can say you saw something that you did not see. This includes but is not limited to injuries, investigations and accidents of all kinds.