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Norfolk Southern, Amtrak seek to restore Northeast service after derailment

6 March 2022

Norfolk Southern, Amtrak and federal authorities are working together to fully restore passenger rail service on the Northeast corridor after 20 loaded coal cars derailed 20 miles north of Baltimore early Saturday morning.

NS (NYSE: NSC) said it is working to restore service as quickly as possible, NS spokesman Connor Spielmaker told FreightWaves. The train was hauling 130 railcars altogether when the cars derailed at 2:00 a.m. ET, he said.

“Thankfully, no one was hurt, and the material does not...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/norfolk-southern-amtrak-seek-to-restore-northeast-service-after-derailment

States of emergency declared as ice storm threatens mid-Atlantic

21 January 2022

The governors of two mid-Atlantic states have declared states of emergency as a winter storm threatens to produce very icy conditions across the region.

“I am declaring a state of emergency today to aid in the response to the impending winter weather and to provide additional resources to address potentially high snow accumulations, transportation issues and the potential for power outages,” Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia said in his...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/states-of-emergency-declared-as-ice-storm-threatens-mid-atlantic

Ice, snow to hit Texas, mid-Atlantic late week

19 January 2022

Truckers could hit delays later this week due to treacherous winter weather in two regions of the country.

First, a weak system is expected to move across Texas from Thursday until around midday Friday. Some cold air will be in place at the surface after a cold front passes through the area later Wednesday. Precipitation that follows as a result of an upper atmospheric disturbance will likely be sleet or freezing rain.

A light glaze to a tenth of an...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ice-snow-to-hit-texas-mid-atlantic-late-week

1st snowstorm of season heading to South, Mid-Atlantic

2 January 2022

A storm system will intensify Sunday night, tracking across the Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic through Monday.

It will be the first significant snow of the season for these regions. The National Weather Service has winter weather alerts posted from northern Georgia to New Jersey.

Rain will change to snow Sunday night, with snow continuing Monday, causing possible significant disruptions to transportation, business operations and supply chain networks....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/1st-snowstorm-of-season-heading-to-south-mid-atlantic

Major weekend flooding possible in mid-Atlantic

29 October 2021

Millions of people are under alerts for coastal and inland flooding across the mid-Atlantic this weekend as a large and powerful low-pressure system moves toward the region.

“Right now we’re expecting it to be one of the worst tidal flooding events that we’ve had in the past 10 or 20 years for a lot of locations in the Chesapeake Bay watershed,” Chris Strong, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Sterling, Virginia, told CNN. “The biggest impact that we’re expecting here in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/major-weekend-flooding-possible-in-mid-atlantic