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...
December 4, 2012 | Headlines, NS, Whistleblower
(Source: Savannah Morning News, December 2, 2012) Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has been ordered to pay a Savannah-based employee $288,700 for punishing him because he said he was hurt on the job. The federal government says the employee, whose name it withheld, was...
November 28, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, November 27, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were mixed at the close of trading on November 27, including CP Rail, which fell 0.3 percent, and Norfolk Southern, which rose 1.2 percent. Full story: CBS...
November 21, 2012 | Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Associated Press, November 20, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were mixed at the close of trading on November 20, including Norfolk Southern, which was down 1.9 percent, and Union Pacific, which rose 0.3 percent. Full story: CBS...
November 19, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, November 16, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were mixed at the close of trading on November 16, including CN, which rose 0.1 percent, and Norfolk Southern, which fell 1.2 percent. Full story: CBS...
November 19, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Savannah Morning News, November 16, 2012) SAVANNAH, Ga. — With the snap of a ribbon and a shower of confetti, two shiny black locomotives chugged down newly laid track at the Georgia Ports Authority’s Mason Intermodal Container Transfer Facility Friday...
