May 25, 2016 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Post and Courier, May 24, 2016) CHARLESTON, S.C. — Residents of neighborhoods adjacent to a proposed rail yard at the former Navy Base in North Charleston said Tuesday they recognize the project’s benefits and support its development, but want to make sure...
May 24, 2016 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, May 24, 2016) NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Army Corps of Engineers is holding a public hearing on plans to build a $280 million rail yard at the old Charleston Navy Base to transfer shipping containers between trains and a port terminal...
May 18, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Virginia Business Magazine, May 17, 2016) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern CEO James Squires took helm of Norfolk Southern Corp. on June 1 last year, quickly launching the development of a five-year strategic plan to improve efficiencies and reduce costs at...
May 18, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Reuters, May 17, 2016) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern says it is targeting a 5 percent railroad employee reduction for the year 2016. Full story: Reuters
May 13, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, May 12, 2016) WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — In his first address to the annual meeting of shareholders, CEO James A. Squires said, “It’s a new page, new chapter, new book for Norfolk Southern.” Squires, who became CEO June 1, said, “At...
May 6, 2016 | CP, Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Age column by William C. Vantuono, May 5, 2016) NEW YORK — Now that I have your attention, I’ll say it again: The last thing the North American railroad industry needs for the foreseeable future is the long-talked-about “final round of mergers,”...
May 3, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, May 2, 2016) BORDERLAND, W.Va. — Norfolk Southern says a rock slide has temporarily closed tracks in both directions in southern West Virginia. Full story: Daily Journal
May 3, 2016 | Headlines, NS, Obituary
(Source: Holley-Gamble Funeral Home obituary, May 2, 2016) CLINTON, Tenn. — William (Bill) Monroe Overton, Jr., 73, passed peacefully on Saturday, April 30, 2016 with his family by his side. Bill was born August 18, 1942 to William and Lois Overton in Knoxville, TN,...
April 25, 2016 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Reuters, April 22, 2016) CHICAGO — The top executive of Norfolk Southern Corp said the railroad was on track to achieve its planned savings target of $200 million this year, and that the No. 4 U.S. railroad could further trim capital spending if freight...
April 22, 2016 | CP, Headlines, NS
(Source: Financial Post, April 21, 2016) TORONTO — The collapse of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s bid for Norfolk Southern Corp. has done nothing to dissuade the company’s outspoken CEO that railway consolidation must and will happen. Full story: Financial...
