Hudson served previously as General Manager of NS’s Southern Region. He joined the Class I railroad in 2004 as a management trainee and moved up the Operations field leadership ranks, overseeing both the Southern and Northern regions. Hudson also spent a year on a rotational assignment as Chief of Staff to Chairman and CEO Jim Squires.
Hudson will work with NS Vice President Network Planning and Operations Paul Duncan, who was appointed in February, and with veteran NS executives Vice President Engineering Ed Boyle and Vice President Advanced Train Control Tom Schnautz.
“Floyd has been a leader in our work to implement Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) and achieve continuous improvement in our operating ratio,” said NS Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Cindy Sanborn, noting that he also “has a deep understanding of our network, extensive Operations leadership experience, and an excellent enterprise perspective on the business as a whole.”
