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...
February 15, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, February 14, 2012) NORFOLK, Va. — Dynamic Fuels, LLC and Mansfield Oil Company have signed an agreement to supply renewable diesel to Norfolk Southern Corporation, one of the nation’s largest transporters of coal and industrial...
February 13, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, February 10, 2012) NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk Southern Foundation, the charitable giving affiliate of Norfolk Southern Corporation, announced today that it awarded nearly $6.2 million in grants during 2011 to nonprofit,...
February 8, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, February 7, 2012) NORFOLK, Va. — Scott R. Weaver has been named vice president labor relations for Norfolk Southern Corporation, with headquarters in Norfolk, effective March 1. He will report to John P. Rathbone, executive...
February 7, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Virginian Pilot, February 6, 2012) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern owns the rail-dock operation, which can store up to 800 rail cars and has shipped locomotives, transformers and other heavy equipment all over the world, including South America, Australia,...
January 30, 2012 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 24, 2012) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation today reported record fourth-quarter net income of $480 million, 19 percent higher compared with $402 million for the same quarter of 2010. Diluted earnings per...
