Sunday Message from the General Manager: Safety, Wind Preparedness, and Service Focus

This week’s Sunday GM Notes focuses on a serious incident review in Hamlet, storm preparedness across the Northeast Region, and the operational disciplines needed to stay safe through high winds, rain, and changing track conditions. Sean Ireland reinforces expectations around shove moves, securement, operational testing, and exposure reduction while also outlining the region’s service and cost priorities for the week ahead.Safety emphasis on local timetable special instructions, securement, shove protection, and switch visibilityWeather plan for high winds, rain, and thaw-related track conditions through Friday at 1800Service focus on recovering CSD performance and delivering strong intermodal execution, especially for UPSCost focus on overtime, ITD, extra crew starts, and taxi assists as March closes and Q2 approaches