Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw, Doing What’s Right

Norfolk Southern on June 17 released its 2024 Midyear Report on
Safety Accomplishments, which summarizes the railroad’s
organizational actions, safety improvements and partnerships
enacted in the past 16 months. “When we make a promise, we deliver
on that promise,” NS President and CEO Alan Shaw noted. “That
started with our Six-Point Safety Plan announced last spring. While
the initiatives in the plan are based on the preliminary findings
following the [Feb. 3, 2023] East Palestine, Ohio, derailment, our
focus is on increasing safety across all our operations —in every
facility and every community where we operate.” In this Rail Group
On Air Podcast, Shaw discusses all these safety initiatives with
Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono. He also talks
about strategy and opportunities following the proxy battle with
Ancora Holdings. “I’m encouraged that we preserved the right and
the ability to implement our groundbreaking strategy,” he said. “I
also know that shareholders were very clear: They expect
results—and we’ve delivered lots of results.”