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OSHA: Norfolk Southern illegally fired workers

(Source: Associated Press, June 18, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is ordering railroad operator Norfolk Southern to pay more than $800,000 for firing three workers after they reported injuries on the job. Full story:...

Norfolk Southern ramps up in Roanoke

(Source: Roanoke Times, June 17, 2012) ROANOKE, Va. — Revving the economic engine of freight-by-rail, Norfolk Southern Corp. is upgrading equipment and services in the Roanoke region. The goal: Move more goods, move them faster and make some of the improvements needed...

Railroad stocks up at close of June 12 trading

(Source: Associated Press, June 12, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were up at the close of trading on June 12, including CN, which rose 0.7 percent, and Norfolk Southern, which rose 1.9 percent. Full story: CBS News

Rail stocks mixed at close of June 8 trading

(Source: Associated Press, June 8, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were mixed at the close of trading on June 8, including CN, which fell 0.3 percent, and Norfolk Southern, which rose 0.7 percent. Full story: CBS News

Norfolk Southern CEO: Coal will come back

(Source: The State Journal, June 7, 2012) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal business may be off temporarily, but most other business is up, according to Norfolk Southern Corp. Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman addressed the company’s 12 percent drop in stock price this...

Q&A with Wick Moorman, CEO of Norfolk Southern

(Source: Virginian Pilot, June 4, 2012) NORFOLK, Va. — Wick Moorman began his railroad career at Southern Railway as an 18-year-old co-op student at Georgia Tech. That was in 1970, a dozen years before the merger that created Norfolk Southern Corp. He recently...

Rail stocks mixed at close of May 23 trading

(Source: Associated Press, May 23, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were mixed at the close of trading on May 23, including Norfolk Southern, which rose 1.2 percent, and CP Rail, which fell 0.1 percent. Full story: CBS News

Railroad stocks up at close of May 21 trading

(Source: Associated Press, May 21, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were up at the close of trading on May 21, including CSX, which rose 2.6 percent, and Norfolk Southern, which rose 3.2 percent. Full story: CBS News