August 16, 2016 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(Source: www.nj.com, August 15, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — A worker at a Jersey City rail and shipping facility died in an industrial accident this afternoon when a container crushed the machine he was operating. A source with knowledge of the situation said the victim...
August 15, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Columbus Dispatch, August 15, 2016) CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — Fire Chief Marc Zingarelli remembers sitting in the passenger seat of a fire truck stopped at a railroad crossing gate in his city as he and the rest of his crew waited for a train to pass, watching the...
August 9, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, August 9, 2016) NORFOLK, Va. — Cleaner-running locomotives. Greater energy efficiency. Support for safer communities. Fewer workplace injuries. A more diverse workforce. Those are among key achievements highlighted in Norfolk...
August 8, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review, August 5, 2016) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — MSI Corp. and Norfolk Southern railroad have apparently reached a settlement in lawsuits that arose after a February 2014 train derailment that damaged one of MSI’s buildings in Vandergrift....
August 4, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, August 3, 2016) SAVANNAH, Ga. — A rail terminal in rural southwest Georgia got a big boost Wednesday from automaker Kia, which plans to move daily shipments of auto parts from the busy Port of Savannah through the site to supply its...
August 2, 2016 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(Source: Columbus Dispatch, August 2, 2016) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Five months after Norfolk Southern idled service on a portion of its tracks from Columbus to West Virginia, the railroad is back up and running. Full story: Columbus Dispatch
August 1, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, July 29, 2016) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation today announced the regular quarterly dividend of 59 cents per share on its common stock, payable on Sept. 10 to stockholders of record on Aug. 8. Since its inception...
August 1, 2016 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(Source: Washington Times, July 31, 2016) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Trains will resume chugging along Norfolk Southern railroad tracks in West Virginia’s Kanawha Valley after being mostly silent for months. A new short line railroad will operate a route from outside of...
July 27, 2016 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, July 27, 2016) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation today reported financial results for second-quarter 2016. Net income was $405 million, compared with $433 million during the same period of 2015. Diluted earnings per...
July 11, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Virginian-Pilot, July 9, 2016) NORFOLK, Va. — Coal exports from the port continued to tank in the first six months of 2016, following a port-wide, year-over-year drop of about 35 percent in 2015. Full story: Virginian-Pilot
