May 29, 2014 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, May 28, 2014) NORFOLK, Va. — The Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, and the Virginia Museum of Transportation are in discussions to bring Norfolk and Western Y6a steam engine #2156, currently in the St. Louis museum, back to...
May 15, 2014 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Legacy, May 14, 2014) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp. VP Deborah H. Butler sold 5,000 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $97.63, for a total transaction of...
May 9, 2014 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, May 8, 2014) NOROLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman, addressing the company’s annual meeting today in Williamsburg, Va., gave stockholders plenty of reasons for continued optimism following a year of record-breaking...
May 8, 2014 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 7, 2014) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Norfolk Southern Railway has begun building a retaining wall along its tracks beneath the Mount Washington hillside that gave way last month, burying the rail line. Full story: Pittsburgh...
April 29, 2014 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Bluefield Daily Telegraph, April 28, 2014) BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Firefighters from three area volunteer fire departments and the West Virginia Division of Forestry battled six separate fires along the Norfolk Southern Railway mainline between Bluefield and...
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, April 22, 2014) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation today announced the regular quarterly dividend of 54 cents per share on its common stock, payable on June 10, to stockholders of record on May 2. Since its...
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Virginian-Pilot, April 22, 2014) NORFOLK, Va. — Cathy Henry wondered about the black stuff. It coated the hands and feet of her 19-month-old twin girls when they played on the balcony of her West Ghent duplex. Environmental activists going door to door...
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Associated Press, April 23, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. — Norfolk Southern Corp.’s first-quarter profit fell 18 percent as severe winter weather slowed shipments and the railroad delivered 1 percent less freight overall. The Norfolk, Virginia, based...
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, April 23, 2014) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern reported first-quarter net income of $368 million, or $1.17 per diluted share, compared with $450 million, or $1.41 per diluted share, earned in the same period of 2013....
April 14, 2014 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, April 14, 2014) NORFOLK, Va. — Environmental groups are holding a forum in Norfolk on the effects of coal dust on health and the environment. The forum, called “Norfolk’s Coal Dust Blues,” is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at the Webb...
