Trespass and Communications

Today I was walking my dogs by the railroad track and saw a white Dodge pick-up driving on the Maintenance of Way (MOW) road. It was not railroad personnel, at least the truck did not have a railroad logo on it. So, I called it in to the Risk Management Center. The...

Shotgun Shell in Coupler

I was reading a professional rail magazine and the report of finding a shotgun shell in a coupler still has me wondering how secure our railroad infrastructure is. According to the comments associated with the article it was a spent round but that is really...

Fox in the Hen House

Recently, Norfolk Southern announced that they will be joining the BNSF in a similar program to Citizen’s for Rail Security (CRS). The NS program is called “Protect the Line (PTL).” I joined with just a simple address, zip code and e-mail. We have...