White sheeting almost complete for Chattanooga. The humpmto be shut down yet again
I hope the 311 goes bankrupt!
311 su-ks!
Don Hoagie is back
Don Hoagie aka Haygee has been on a rampage lately. Beware and be on the look out if you’re working in Conway…
Trying to re-invent the wheel
You can wrap it, bag it, box it, paint it, hide it even.... but no matter what you do to a tu-d, it's still a tu-d. Welcome back PSR. Why won't they just let us do what we know how to do. The railroads have been moving freight for over nearly 200... — read more
To go back or stay at current job?
I have 9 yrs service , been laid off 3 yrs, just got the call to come back and can’t figure out what to do
Latest freight railroad layoffs and Wall Street pressure renew concerns about safety and service
The latest rail layoffs this week, combined with an investment fund's ongoing campaign for control of Norfolk Southern, are renewing concerns among unions and regulators about all the cuts hurting safety and... — read more
Proxy War at NS
There is a brewing war at NS to oust the LOADS at the top.
Still forcing overtime
After 4 years of telling us it’s gonna stop Bellevue car shop is still forcing employees to work 16 hours DMO has said it would come to an end every year since
LOADS
Imagine if agreement cuts could be made by agreement employees voting for the biggest loads of their craft monthly for a year. Sadly the “workers” would get voted out. That’s the problem and always will be for the minority of union employees that... — read more
BNSF Talent
Making room for more BNSF workers.
Wow, NS 7% Union layoff
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/norfolk-southern-to-reduce-non-union-workforce-by-7/ar-BB1hh0HE NS laying off 7% of their union employees, things starting to look tight around there.
Let's take votes on the most unsafe yards
Let's take votes on the most unsafe yards and working conditions
Norfolk Southern Layoffs 2024
Is there going to be any reorg or Norfolk Southern layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?
P.S.R.
What happened to all the money they were going to make after starting P.S.R. there stock has turned to penny stocks and they get sued all the time. All I can do is laugh at these greedy clowns. They are just reeping what they have sown. ah ha ha... — read more
Going Down The Tube
Conway mechanical is going down the tube fast, new management with some scared kool-aid filled old management ki-ling operations at record pace
Called back
I just got a call back after almost 4 years, but I have a good job currently that I don’t want to leave. If I went back to NS for 1 day would I still be able to get the 4 new sick days and the extra personal day paid out? I have PTO at current job... — read more
This company has some stones...
Laid offs in 2020, 2021 due to "COVID19" despite working us all through 2020...Call backs in 2022 only a fraction of which came back. Did bother to hire to replace those that didn't return... Now, starting to force overtime due to a "labor shortage"... — read more
N.S. should be doing great
If you follow the N.S. guidebook to success , we should be making record profit. All the hiring is of the "melanin enriched" people, to get there experience into the mix. After all they said, this is the only way to be profitable. Instead, we have... — read more
East End Shop
I read in the Roanoke Times that Genesis Rail has leased a portion of the shops. "The complex east of downtown Roanoke houses Genesis Rail Services. Not a railroad itself, Genesis maintains and builds track, manages derailments and handles heavy... — read more
"Easy job" which is not easy at all
I really regret doubting myself so much and really believing that the manager's criticisms were justified. As time went on I was getting more and more stressed to the point of complete burnout. I can only imagine how many more people here are being... — read more
Enola
The devil is on his way to enola as a DMMO . They’ll be employees loosing there jobs unfortunately
Looking back on RLS closing
Was the absolute best thing that ever happened to my family. Such a toxic environment. Horrible management that favored certain employees.. useless employees protected by the union. Schedule was horrible. I'm making twice the money now and am... — read more
NS climate awards
I laughed and almost fell out of my chair. It’s true , Forbes gave NS a good award for their company activity’s doing good things for climate change and protecting the environment.
To take a recall or not
I would think 100 times before taking a recall. However, I assume that there are many more people who would go back than those who wouldn't?
Norfolk Southern racks up initial $387 million charge for Ohio disaster
Norfolk Southern racks up initial $387 million charge for Ohio disaster
Q1 2023 earnings result
Earning results will be announced on April 26th. I can’t wait to see the results. Any predictions?
Management should practice what they preach
So I wonder if management will take a page from their own book that every accident is preventable? Examine all the changes they made to see if they were the cause? Have a hearing with themselves? Put themselves on the street? Fire themselves? Make... — read more
US Department of Justice sues Norfolk Southern over Ohio train derailment
US Department of Justice sues Norfolk Southern over Ohio train derailment
NORFOLK SOUTHERN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Just a reminder that all employment with Norfolk Southern is VOLUNTARY. You can't handle the culture or it don't fit your narrative then don't let the door hit your caboose on the way out.
Forced over time
How is the company getting away with forcing carman to work 16 hours sometimes 5 days In a row? Then getting on the news and talking about how they are doing every thing they can to run trains safely. Try inspecting a train on your fifth forced... — read more
In the news now
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/east-palestine-train-derailment/norfolk-southern-railroad-safety-training-begins-following-2-ohio-train-derailments-a-month-apart
It doesn’t matter anyway!
Like the tittle says! It doesn’t matter how many derailments happen! You can’t haul the nasty sh-t on the roads. This country has to have the railroad unfortunately. Yeah I’m Bias bc I’m one of the many Carmen that got thrown out on the street bc of ... — read more
Ohio sues NS
State of Ohio is suing NS for long term costs associated with toxic burn/ derailment.
How much is enough?
One month in Ohio two derailments and an employee/brother lost his life …Im tired of this … Corporate Greed is Evil . NS nuked a town , narrowly avoided a second instance and now a conductor has lost his life . Jesus Christ please hold these... — read more
The carman
Carman have been layed off in ever increasing amounts as of late. If they had enough carman, the derailment in palistine oh. would have never happened. Let this be a lesson that car kn-----s are the backbone of the railroad.......Period
oopsy........another derailment
When are these folks going to realize the correlation between p.s.r. and the increasing rate of derailments.
NFS - You Suck
Can I get a second?
Layoffs. .. cutting corners... costing lives
See what happened in Ohio?...get use to it...NS laid off so many Carmen...rail cars... trains go uninspected..before leaving yards....just to save a dollar....this is just the beginning...
East Palestine OH
How's the new Granitville going ?
What raise?
T&E here…With the “raise” and increase in our cost for health insurance, I’m making less now if I have to claim guarantee than I was before the “raise.” Pretty much what we all knew would happen.