NORFOLK, Va. — Erskine B. Bowles has been elected a director of Norfolk Southern Corp., Chairman and CEO Wick Moorman announced.

SAN DIEGO – Caltrans and Amtrak California launched a new northbound Pacific Surfliner express train service between San Diego and Los Angeles that will cut the travel time for the trip by 15-20 minutes.

WASHINGTON – Amtrak plans to begin procurement in fiscal year 2012 of 40 additional Acela Express coach cars to increase seating capacity on all existing high-speed train sets to meet growing ridership demand.
The plan to purchase new high-speed equipment is part of the national passenger railroad’s $2.22 billion funding request submitted to Congress.
“Investing in Amtrak is investing in [...]

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern’s Arnold B. McKinnon headquarters building has earned the 2010 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star, the national symbol for protecting the environment through energy efficiency.
This signifies that the building performs in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency. Commercial buildings that earn the Energy Star use an average [...]

MONTREAL — Canadian Pacific (and the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) announced the signing of a collaborative agreement on performance and productivity that formalizes the railroad’s and the port’s ongoing supply chain collaboration.
“This collaboration agreement continues to strengthen our long partnership with the Port of Montreal, setting the stage for a cross-supply chain collaboration that improves performance [...]

CALGARY — Canadian Pacific was notified by the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) today that the Memorandum of Settlement reached on Feb. 5 by Canadian Pacific and the CAW has now been ratified by the membership.
The renewal collective agreement, which covers Canadian Pacific’s mechanical services employees in Canada, is four years in duration, extending to the end [...]

CALGARY — The Board of Directors of Canadian Pacific Railway has declared a quarterly dividend of 27 cents per share on the outstanding Common Shares.
The dividend is payable on April 25, 2011, to holders of record at the close of business on March 25, 2011, and is an eligible dividend pursuant to subsection 89(14) of the Income Tax [...]

VANCOUVER — Canadian Pacific and Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) announced a collaboration agreement to improve productivity and performance through Canada’s Pacific Gateway.
The Port and CP believe that greater collaboration and accountability among supply chain partners is the key to more efficient and reliable trade through the Gateway.
This collaboration agreement sets the framework for the Port, CP [...]

WINNIPEG — Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive officer of CN, called for a new business model that embraces innovation, increased productivity, and greater stakeholder collaboration.

The Surface Transportation Board said it has moved to significantly reduce filing fees for shipper complaints to $350. Currently, shippers are charged as much as $20,600 to file a complaint.
The proposed rulemaking, approved by the STB, would implement a new fee schedule that would charge shippers $350 to file a rate or unreasonable practice complaint. The fee to file [...]