Norfolk Southern moving to a Centralized Train Dispatching Center

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CSX had all train dispatching centralized in Jacksonville some years ago.
They then decentralized it for a period of time prior to moving it all back
to Jacksonville recently.  BNSF has for some time had its train dispatching
centralized in Ft Worth, TX.  Union Pacific has centralized dispatching at
their Harriman Dispatching Center in Omaha, NE.   So with this move NS is
aligning itself with the current industry standard.......whether its a good
thing or not only time will tell.  I also seem to recall that the N&W once
considered centralizing their system dispatching in Roanoke?

Here's an article from the Roanoke Times that Jeff Hensley sent me:

http://www.roanoke.com/business/news/roanoke/norfolk-southern-to-shift-dispatch-jobs-from-roanoke-to-atlanta/article_9baa1811-c98d-56b4-8382-f981a6164051.html?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=Breaking%20News&utm_campaign=News%20Alert

Ed Painter - NWHS member #70.

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 8:17 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Note that CSX had re-distributed its dispatchers before re-consolidating
> late last year. But that was HH’s doing.
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> Craig Close   BORHS/C&A Live Steam
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> Balimer Merlan
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> OK: Far West Catonsville
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> Or: Greater Oella
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> *Subject:* RE: Norfolk Southern moving to a Centralized Train Dispatching
> Center
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> Isn’t that what CSX has been doing for a bunch of years now and when
> there’s a hiccup, the whole system goes down, instead of just a regional
> problem?
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> Phil Miller
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> *Subject:* Re: Norfolk Southern moving to a Centralized Train Dispatching
> Center
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> An NS employee told me the same thing this morning. He wasn't happy
> because not only does it disrupt the employees and their families, but the
> dispatchers loose touch with the local areas.
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> Thanks,
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> Richard D. Shell
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> In a message dated 1/26/2018 10:58:56 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
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> My understanding per multiple NS sources yesterday is that Norfolk
> Southern will move all train dispatching for all divisions to the
> Goode Building in Atlanta, GA.
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> Can anyone confirm this?
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> Ed Painter;  NWHS member #70
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