September 24, 2013 | Headlines, NS
(Source: WRBL, September 24, 2013) ATLANTA, Ga. — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit in Atlanta against Norfolk Southern Railway Company for allegedly discriminating against an employee because of his disability. Full story:...
September 20, 2013 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, September 19, 2013) CHICAGO — Chicago and Norfolk Southern officials agreed Thursday to cut diesel pollution from a rail yard on the city’s South Side to address residents’ concerns that a massive expansion project would add to...
September 20, 2013 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Newsworks.org, September 19, 2013) PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia is at the center of a new industrial boom. A visible sign of that are the long trains snaking through the city, bringing crude oil from North Dakota to the city’s revived refineries. The...
September 19, 2013 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, September 18, 2013) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern’s Pier 6 at Lamberts Point again has loaded a record amount of coal into a single ocean-going vessel. Yesterday, Sept. 17, Norfolk Southern employees finished loading 166,840...
August 16, 2013 | Headlines, NS
(Source: The Advocate-Messenger, August 15, 2013) GENEVA, Ky. — The problem of Norfolk Southern trains stopping on the tracks in the McKinney area and blocking the Geneva crossing — the only way across for miles around — is of growing concern for county officials, who...
August 14, 2013 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Daily Press, August 13, 2013) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Norfolk-based Norfolk Southern released its plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The railroad company plans to purchase more fuel-efficient locomotives, reduce idling, upgrade facilities with...
August 7, 2013 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Roanoke Times, August 7, 2013) ELLISTON, Va. — Eastern Montgomery County gave up a little more ground Tuesday to the expected eventual coming of Norfolk Southern Corp.’s planned intermodal freight yard. About 4 p.m., house movers working for Allen Howard, a...
August 7, 2013 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Journal Gazette, August 7, 2013) FORT WAYNE, Ind. — It can take a freight train the length of 18 football fields to come to a complete stop. Railway officials say that’s nothing compared with how long it takes to educate the public about the dangers of...
July 24, 2013 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, July 23, 2013.) NORFOLK, VA. – For the second quarter of 2013, Norfolk Southern reported net income of $465 million, 11 percent lower than $524 million for second-quarter 2012. Diluted earnings per share were $1.46, down...
June 12, 2013 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Chambersburg Public Opinion, June 12, 2013) GREENCASTLE, Pa. — A dedication ceremony for the $97 million Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility took place Tuesday afternoon. The terminal just south of Greencastle is the result of a public-private...
