Norfolk Southern is expected to begin work on Hickory Street beginning Monday, August 3.

By David Hazledine InkFreeNews MILFORD — Milford Town Council and Redevelopment Commission were back in action Monday, May 11, with agendas indicative of eventful months ahead for the town. Both meetings were attended by Steve Moriarty, Kosciusko County Highway Department superintendent, who gave a brief presentation on plans to extend CR 1300N and future railroad …read more.

By Tim Ashley InkFreeNews MILFORD — Environmental study work is in progress on plans to extend CR 1300N west from Old SR 15 to SR 15 in Milford that would include an overpass across the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks. According to Steve Moriarty, superintendent of the Kosciusko County Highway Department, environmental work includes soil borings …read more.

WARSAW – Norfolk Southern is preparing for an extensive project on the north-south railroad line that will improve warning signals at eight crossings in Warsaw. Work is expected to begin by the end of February and could continue for eight months, according to a news release from the city. The project involves replacing railroad crossing …read more.

WARSAW — Mayor Joe Thallemer provided updates on several projects related to railroad and highway safety at the Board of Public Works and Safety Meeting on Friday, Feb. 7. The two of the three projects will collectively span from late February to early November of this year, with the third expected to start in the …read more.

SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko Community Schools has been contacted by Norfolk Southern railroad concerning the closure of all railroad crossings in South Whitley Thursday morning August 29, 2019. Norfolk Southern will attempt to get the State Street crossing open prior to school dismissing Thursday afternoon but will not guarantee it, according to a news release …read more.

MILFORD — Authorities are investigating a train vs. pedestrian accident in Milford that has all crossings closed from Syracuse Street, south to at least CR 1150N. The crossings are expected to remain closed for several hours. The accident was reported around 6:30 p.m. tonight, Monday, Oct. 1. Little details are known at this time. A pedestrian …read more.

MILFORD — It didn’t take long for the new tracks to be put in place and the old tracks moved to the outside by the dual rail gang with Norfolk Southern Sunday and Monday morning in Milford. Crews worked Sunday from south of Milford to Fourth Street installing the new tracks. Monday’s work focused on …read more.

MILFORD — Kosciusko County Central Dispatch notified fire and EMS personnel, along with police departments, the crossings closed by Norfolk Southern this morning for replacement of rails. As of 8 a.m. today, Monday, July 16, CR 1150N just south of the town limits is closed. In town First, Catherine and Syracuse streets are closed. Emeline …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — The Kosciusko County Highway Department issued information, today, Friday, July 13, regarding upcoming railroad crossings in the Milford area. Highway officials have stated the railroad crossing at Mock Road (CR 1050N) will be closed through Monday evening, July 16. The crossing at Kilmer Drive will be closed for six hours on Sunday. …read more.

MILFORD — Replacement of rails along the Norfolk Southern line is nearing Milford. A check Wednesday morning, July 11, found the CR 900N crossing is closed with crews preparing to begin working north. Milford Fire Department officials were notified Tuesday CR 900N was closed Tuesday night and expected to be reopened sometime Wednesday morning. Additionally CR …read more.

MILFORD — The dual rail gang is on its way to Milford. Barring any delays due to wether or operational issues, Norfolk Southern’s dual rail gang is expected to begin installing the new rail in the Milford area around July 15. The gang is currently working on crossings in Leesburg. Jonathan Glass, manager of public relations …read more.

WARSAW — Kosciusko County dispatchers announced at approximately 7:45 a.m. Sunday, July 1, that the railroad crossing at CR 250N, just east of North Detroit Street was closed until further notice. Norfolk Southern plans to pave Market Street on Monday, July 2, and reopen it to traffic that same day. CR 350N is also planned …read more.

WARSAW — Norfolk Southern has advised the city of Warsaw that the rail gang plans to install new rail past the Dogwood Drive crossing on Monday, June 25. This work will cause a long closure of six or more hours. The exact start time of the closure is unknown. All residents on Dogwood Drive and …read more.

KOSCIUSKO — Beginning on Sunday, June 17, Norfolk Southern’s specialty rail gang will begin installing new rail in Kosciusko County. This second phase of the project is expected to take approximately four weeks to complete. The gang will work Sunday through Wednesday of each week. Paving and other crossing improvements on Thursdays and Fridays may cause additional disruptions. However, …read more.

WARSAW — Rail work did not begin yesterday, April 24, as planned said the office of the Warsaw mayor in a press release today. According to the press release, the rail train has been unable to leave Fort Wayne for three days due to traffic on the rails. They do not have a definitive date …read more.

WARSAW — About a dozen times each day in Warsaw, the twin red lights at Center and Hickory streets begin flashing, followed almost immediately by the wooden arm of a railroad crossing signal lowering to stop traffic. Traffic moving on Center Street grinds to a halt. Depending on how fast the train is moving, vehicles …read more.

WARSAW — The north-south railroad through Kosciusko County and Warsaw will soon undergo significant upgrades by Norfolk Southern as part of a “once in a lifetime” rail replacement project. Much of the existing rail is from the 1930s to 1970s. The rail requires replacement due to wear and tear, as well as excess movement in …read more.

  Milford Town Council again discussed railroad crossings at its monthly meeting Monday, Sept. 12. Derek Sublette of Norfolk Southern Railroad informed the council “the cost of a signal upgrade would be borne by the town.” The council had asked if the railroad might contribute. Sublette repeated the railroad’s offer of $19,500 to help pay …read more.

MILFORD — Milford’s town council meeting held Monday, Aug. 8, at town hall was supposed to include a representative of Norfolk Southern Railroad to field residents questions about the company’s offer to pay the town around $19,000 in exchange for the closure of one of Milford’s crossings, notably the unguarded crossing on Emeline Street. The …read more.

MILFORD — Milford citizens can expect another rate increase in the next year as the town council comes to grips with the economic realities of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s new wastewater regulations, according to John Julien of Umbaugh and Associates. Julien was at Milford Town Hall Monday, July 11, to present the council …read more.

MILFORD — In a three hour session dealing mainly with utilities issues, Milford’s town council also tackled a wide range of issues from possibly closing a railroad crossing to tagging dogs. The following are agenda items addressed at the monthly public meeting held Monday evening, June 13. • The council will allow Tom and John …read more.

WARSAW — The City of Warsaw has been updated by Norfolk Southern on the repairs to its railroad tracks at Ranch Road. Work will continue through next week. Weather dependent, Norfolk Southern is anticipating paving on Wednesday, June 1.

GOSHEN — Norfolk Southern Railroad and the Goshen Police Department will be conducting a Trespassing Abatement Program or T.A.P. Officers will be assigned to this special detail on a selected date in an effort to deter individuals from trespassing on the railroad tracks in the city. Crossing railroad tracks is only permitted at marked crossings. …read more.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANA. — Everyone knows the story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the plucky misfit who earned his place at the head of Santa Claus’s pack by guiding his sleigh through a particularly hazardous Christmas Eve snowstorm. Midwesterners know a different legend about Christmas.

WARSAW — A grade separation study on railroad crossings in the downtown Warsaw area was approved Friday morning, Dec. 4. The study is to see if going under or over current crossings is economical and feasible. BOW members approved signing an agreement with American Structurepoint, Fort Wayne, for the Center Street Grade Separation Feasibility Study. …read more.

MILFORD — A Norfolk Southern train made a grand exit out of Milford Friday afternoon, Oct. 2, when it went crashing through a downed tree. The tree was approximately 25-30 feet in length and about 2 feet around and had fallen on the tracks behind The Papers Inc. building located on First Street.

By Andy Ober Assistant Managing Editor Inside Indiana Business FORT WAYNE — Fort Wayne-based Triple Crown Services says it will cut nearly 200 workers as part of a major restructuring by parent company Norfolk Southern Corp. The companies expect the layoffs to begin in November. Norfolk Southern says TCS will now focus on the transportation of automobile parts. The …read more.

WHITLEY COUNTY — Whitley County Sheriff’s Department has been notified by Norfolk Southern Railroad that the tracks on CR 800E, in Dunfee, will be closed Wednesday, Sept. 2.

RICHMOND, IN — A Richmond, Indiana, man was struck by a train while laying between the tracks at approximately 10:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1. The conductor stopped the train to check on the man and said he had to wake him up to tell him he’d been hit. “No I didn’t,” replied Josh Napier, 30, to …read more.

The Indiana Department of Transportation announces that US 6 closed today between CR 23 and SR 15, north of Milford, as Norfolk Southern rebuilds the railroad crossing. The official state detour is SR 15 to US 33 to US 6. The work, which will improve the driving surface for motorists, is anticipated to be complete …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following incidents: 2 a.m. Sunday, April 19, 4900 block East CR 1200N, Syracuse. Police were called to the location to a hit and run accident. Police were later informed who the suspect driver was and the case will be sent to the prosecutor’s office. 7:09 …read more.

The City of Warsaw was notified this afternoon, Norfolk Southern has reopened the railroad crossing on Market Street. Work has been rescheduled. The railroad will now be closed for grade work beginning Monday morning, weather permitting.

Motorist will need to find an alternative route Friday morning if traveling CR 350N. Kosciusko County Highway Department has announced the road, also known as Airport Road, will be closed Friday morning from SR 15 to the Armory. The city of Warsaw has been in communications with Norfolk Southern on repairing grade crossings in a …read more.

By LT. KIP SHUTER Public Information Officer, City of Warsaw Traffic Safety This afternoon, officials, emergency services, and school system representatives met with Norfolk Southern Railroad Corporation representatives and found out that the following railroad grade crossings, along the north south Norfolk Southern railroad tracks, that are currently closed in Kosciusko County are: CR  900 …read more.

UPDATE: Center Street and Main Street crossings are now open. The crossing at Market Street will be closed the night of Wednesday, July 30. While Norfolk Southern announced it would need only 3-4 days last week to complete infrastructure repairs to two main crossings in downtown Warsaw, the work is still not completed today, and …read more.

Expect some traffic difficulties in downtown Warsaw this week due to the infrastructure repair work on the Norfolk Southern Railroad. Crews begin infrastructure repairs on two crossings, completely closing both the Center and Main streets crossings simultaneously. The work began this morning. Both the Center Street and Main Street crossings will be closed today and should be closed for …read more.

Expect some traffic difficulties in downtown Warsaw next week when Norfolk Southern Railroad crews begin infrastructure repairs on two crossings, completely closing both the Center and Main streets crossings simultaneously. Warsaw Police Department was notified that both the Center Street and Main Street crossings will be closed Monday morning and should be closed for 3 or …read more.

The Indiana Department of Transportation announces the closure of SR 331 at the railroad crossing in the town of Tippecanoe in Marshall County, between 19th Road and Illion Street, from today, May 5, through Friday, May 16. The closing is necessary while Norfolk Southern crews repair the crossing.

Norfolk and Southern Railroad has a broken rail along Hickory Street behind CVS Pharmacy in Warsaw. The railroad will be closing Hickory Street between Center and Main streets for several hours once the work begins today. Railroad officials say the Main Street crossing may also be closed as they replace the rail.

Safety upgrades have been approved for three railroad crossings in Warsaw and the Indiana Department of Transportation and Norfolk-Southern are footing the bill. Just under $1 million have been appropriated for the improvements, which will include the addition of crossing gates at the Market Street, Winona Avenue and Pope Street crossings. Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer …read more.

On June 26, a Norfolk-Southern train blocked at least one railroad crossing for a 5-hour period. StaceyPageOnline.com and Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer have been working to get responses from the rail company on why such long blockages occur and why it happens so frequently. Today, Thallemer says he finally received an explanation about that June …read more.

Westbound traffic on Winona Avenue just before the Norfolk Southern Railroad crossing is causing some headaches for the city, but it does not appear that a solution is within reach. Warsaw’s Traffic Safety Commission met Tuesday afternoon to discuss, among other things, the center lane at the railroad crossing approach. Although the lane is marked …read more.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rAYtxrJ2QY] While Warsaw Police and Kosciusko County Central Dispatch were attempting to discover why a train blocked nearly every crossing in the city of Warsaw, Mayor Joe Thallemer was on the phone with Norfolk-Southern. The only crossing that was open to traffic was located at Anchorage Road. The train, which had been stopped since approximately …read more.

While only briefly addressed in Wednesday’s meeting of the Warsaw Traffic Commission, problems caused by trains moving through the city will not likely see any kind of resolution anytime soon. Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer has been trying to address complaints of trains traveling on the north-south Norfolk Southern rail lines that stop and block crossings …read more.

Becoming an all too common scenario, a Norfolk Southern train blocks the CR 350 North crossing in Warsaw. Motorists are realizing growing frustrations as the times that the crossing is blocked continues to grow. Today, a northbound train blocked the crossing from 9:50 a.m. to 12:33 p.m. (Photo provided) StaceyPageOnline.com and Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer …read more.

While Indiana law prohibits trains from blocking public railroad-highway grade crossings for more than 10 minutes, the law unfortunately has very little authority when it comes to enforcement. For residents of Warsaw and Claypool, that will not come as welcome news. According to Indiana law, a railroad corporation is not permitted to have any train …read more.

Residents and motorists on the north side of Warsaw are becoming frustrated with what they perceive to be unnecessary stops by trains that block the crossing for hours. Norfolk-Southern Railroad owns the north-south tracks through Warsaw. On Friday, Stacey Page Online received an email from a resident near Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park on Levi …read more.

PORTER, Ind. (AP) — Northwestern Indiana’s congested rail corridors are getting $71.3 million in federal dollars to help speed the flow of passenger and freight trains along the region’s rail lines. The U.S. Department of Transportation funding for Indiana Gateway project will pay for critical upgrades along the Norfolk Southern Railroad’s Chicago Line and the …read more.