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2/10/2025
Norfolk Southern Railway today announced it completed infrastructure improvements worth $1 billion throughout its 22-state network in 2024.
The projects were designed to maintain safe and reliable service to the customers and communities the railroad serves.
Safety projects that were completed last year included: five digital train inspection portals built and entered in service; 313 grade crossing protection warning systems installed; 130 hot box bearing detectors added; 17 acoustic bearing detectors installed; 29 hot wheel detectors installed; and 140 public improvement projects completed.
Projects to upgrade track, bridges and structures included: 558 track miles of rail replaced; 2.1 million ties installed; 4,202 miles of track surfaced; 30,480 bridge ties replaced; 553 panel turnouts installed; 43 bridges replaced; 78 bridges structurally rehabilitated; and 104 culverts installed.
In addition, communications and signals work included: 23 signal cut-ins completed; 180 switch machines replaced; 869 CTC to ITCMS cut-ins completed; three 3 classification yard speed controllers replaced; and three moveable bridge programmable logic controller system upgrades.
"Once again, our outstanding people in maintenance of way and structures, program maintenance, communications and signals, bridges and structures, and design and construction have achieved results in 2024 that were on time and within budget, demonstrating their unwavering dedication to excellence and operational efficiency," said Ed Boyle, NS' vice president of engineering, in a press release.