March 26, 2012 | Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: AnnArbor.com, March 24, 20120 ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Amtrak plans to alter schedules for some trains and make temporary route adjustments as it deals with lower speed limits imposed by Norfolk Southern because of poor track conditions. Full story:...
March 22, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, March 21, 2012) NORFOLK, Va. — After setting performance records in 2011, Norfolk Southern Corporation looks ahead to its 30th anniversary in 2012 and beyond “with confidence, optimism, and a great deal of enthusiasm,” CEO Wick...
March 16, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, March 16, 2012) ALTOONA, Pa. — The first locomotive to be painted in Norfolk Southern’s 30th anniversary heritage paint schemes rolled out of the company’s Juniata Locomotive Shop here yesterday. Locomotive NS 8098, a GE...
March 15, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, March 14, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were down at the close of trading on March 14, including CSX, which fell 2.9 percent, and Norfolk Southern, which fell 3.1 percent. Full story: CBS News
March 12, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, March 9, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of top railroad companies were mixed at the close of trading, including Union Pacific, which rose 1.5 percent, and Norfolk Southern, which fell 0.4 percent. Full story: CBS News
March 5, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, March 1, 2012) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern is honoring its predecessor railroads during 2012, its 30th anniversary year, by painting 18 new locomotives in commemorative schemes that reflect the heritage of those...
March 5, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 4, 2012) RICHMOND, Va. — It’s 2,440 miles from Panama to Virginia, but events in that far-off Central American country soon will be having an impact on the Old Dominion’s economic life. In 2014, the Panama Canal will...
February 24, 2012 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 24, 2012) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Gov. Tom Corbett has earmarked $490,000 for rail improvements at a Beaver County industrial park that has been mentioned as a possible location for a “cracker” plant that is expected...
February 22, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Charlotte Observer, February 21, 2012) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Norfolk Southern reiterated its opposition to the planned $452 million Red Line Regional Rail project Tuesday, calling it “fatally flawed” and based on invalid assumptions. Full story:...
February 21, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Commercial Appeal, February 20, 2012) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Barely a year after receiving environmental permits to build a sprawling rail-to-truck terminal in Fayette County, Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has been cited by state regulators for polluting streams...
