January 2, 2013 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(Source: Aiken Standard, January 1, 2013) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. — A church service on Saturday will memorialize those who lost their lives following the 2005 Graniteville train derailment. The public is welcome to attend Bethlehem Baptist Church in Graniteville, 271...
December 27, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 26, 2012) On Jan. 20, Norfolk Southern Railway plans to inaugurate domestic intermodal service at the Birmingham Regional Intermodal Facility near Birmingham, Ala., and open the Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility in...
December 26, 2012 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(Source: News-Sentinel, December 24, 2012) FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A Norfolk Southern Railroad employee in Fort Wayne was injured in an accident Monday morning. At about 7 a.m., Fort Wayne Fire Department crews were called to the railroad tracks near Hanna and Hayden...
December 12, 2012 | Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: Virginian Pilot, December 12, 2012) NORFOLK, Va. — The first passenger train to serve South Hampton Roads since 1977 pulled away from its platform at Harbor Park early this morning with an over-sized crowd on board for the inaugural trip. The Amtrak train,...
December 11, 2012 | Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, December 10, 2012) NORFOLK, Va. — A locomotive simulator, a vintage double-decker dome car, and “Brainy,” a public safety mascot that encourages people to “train your brain to be smart at railroad crossings,” are some of the...
December 7, 2012 | Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: Morning Journal, December 7, 2012) COLUMBUS, Ohio — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is asking Amtrak and Norfolk Southern Corporation to relocate Amtrak service to the Lorain County Transportation and Community Center. Full story: Morning...
December 6, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2012) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern, for example, is using software to help dispatchers and locomotive engineers make decisions that will help speed trains and save fuel. The railroad is using new analytics software from GE...
December 4, 2012 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Platts, November 30, 2012) The CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads are both cutting rates by “around 15%” to help miners and traders sell US coking coal into destinations as far as China, according to market sources. Full story:...
December 4, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 30, 2012) Norfolk Southern Corp. announced yesterday that a major upgrade to its Lamberts Point export coal transload facility in Norfolk, Va., recently reached the completion stage. Full story: Progressive...
December 4, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Forbes, December 4, 2012) NEW YORK — Last week, I investigated the Goliath vs. David civil action in which Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC) and Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad (WLE) are attempting to prevent Power REIT (NYSE:PW) from foreclosing on the...
