June 26, 2014 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Lancaster Online, June 26, 2014) LANCASTER, Pa. — The trains run faster and ridership is growing on the Keystone rail line between Harrisburg and Philadelphia, thanks to millions of dollars poured into track and station upgrades. Full story:...
June 24, 2014 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, NS
(Source: Roanoke Times, June 20, 2014. Editor’s note: John Nutter is a retired member of BLET Division 301.) ROANOKE, Va. — John Nutter sat on a bench inside the Virginia Museum of Transportation chuckling to himself while flipping through his section in a new...
June 11, 2014 | Headlines, NS, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: WBIR, June 10, 2014. BLET Editor’s Note: Bill Clevenger is a member of BLET Division 239 in Knoxville, Tenn.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Operation Lifesaver and Norfolk Southern are hoping to increase awareness about train safety this week on their Appalachian...
June 10, 2014 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(Source: Watch List News, June 9, 2014) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp. COO Mark D. Manion sold 32,030 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction dated Friday, June 6. The shares were sold at an average price of $101.55, for a total value of...
June 6, 2014 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(Source: Ticker Report, June 5, 2014) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp. VP Deborah H. Butler sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 4. The stock was sold at an average price of $99.15, for a total transaction of $99,150.00....
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...
