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...
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
