April 11, 2014 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, NS
(Source: Bluefield Daily Telegraph, April 10, 2014) BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A column of smoke rose high from the Norfolk Southern yard in Bluefield as the ex-Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 steam locomotive built up a head of steam, making ready for its trip to Grundy,...
April 9, 2014 | Headlines, NS
(Source: CBS Pittsburgh, April 8, 2014) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Emergency crews and engineers are conducting several tests following a Mount Washington landslide Tuesday morning. Mud, trees and other debris fell from Mount Washington in the area of West Carson Street...
April 2, 2014 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, April 1, 2014) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation will present its first-quarter 2014 earnings at 8:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, via teleconference and live Internet webcast. The company will issue...
March 20, 2014 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, March 19, 2014) NORFOLK, Va. — It was a “big year,” CEO Wick Moorman tells stockholders in the 2013 Annual Report, posted online today, and, “I am confident in the future of Norfolk Southern and the rail industry and in...
March 4, 2014 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Florida Times-Union, March 3, 2014) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Norfolk Southern will soon get the nearly $22,000 bill for last month’s train derailment under the Acosta Bridge in downtown Jacksonville. Full story: Florida Times-Union
February 26, 2014 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Office of Governor Tom Corbett press release, February 25, 2014) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Governor Tom Corbett announced today that 33 rail freight improvement projects that will help sustain more than 43,000 jobs across Pennsylvania were approved today for...
February 24, 2014 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Roanoke Times, February 16, 2014) ROANOKE, Va. — BLET member John Nutter, a retired member of Division 301 (Roanoke, Va.), is a part of the “Cotton to Silk” project, an oral history project organized for the Historical Society of Western...
February 11, 2014 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(Source: Ticker Report, February 10, 2014) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp. VP James A. Hixon unloaded 21,983 shares of Norfolk Southern Corp. stock on the open market in a transaction dated Friday, February 7. The shares were sold at an average price of...
February 11, 2014 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Florida Times-Union, February 11, 2014) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Five ethanol-filled tankers derailed on Acosta Bridge in Jacksonville on February 11. The incident caused several evacuations after one of the tankers was found to be leaking, but it has since...
January 31, 2014 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 31, 2014) CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern has opened a new Thoroughbred Bulk Transfer terminal in Chesapeake. Thoroughbred Bulk Transfer (TBT) terminals are specialized facilities that allow customers to...
