August 16, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Martinsville Bulletin, August 16, 2011) MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Officials are following up on tips from the public as they investigate a train derailment that happened here on Saturday. They say someone intentionally put an object on the tracks, causing a Norfolk...
August 15, 2011 | Headlines, NS, Railroad Security
(Source: Television station WKYC, August 14, 2011) CONNEAUT, Ohio — A small bomb about the size of a package of cigarettes was found on Norfolk Southern tracks in Conneaut, Ohio, this past weekend. While it likely would not have caused damage to a train, it could have...
August 12, 2011 | Headlines, NS, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, August 9, 2011) GREENSBORO, N.C. — Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to pay a former employee $122,199 in compensatory...
August 11, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Smart Money, August 10, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman recently conducted an interview that appears on the website SmartMoney.com. He discusses the state of the economy, coal shipments, and various other topics. Full story:...
August 8, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Intelligencer Journal, August 7, 2011) LANCASTER, Pa. — The Intelligencer Journal is reporting that Norfolk Southern’s new rail yard in Lancaster, Pa., may be completed around Labor Day. The newspaper says discussions regarding the facility began six...
August 3, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, July 26, 2011) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation today reported record second-quarter net income of $557 million, 42 percent higher compared with $392 million during the same quarter of 2010. Diluted earnings per...
July 28, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, July 26, 2011) NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk Southern Corporation announced that its Board of Directors today voted to increase the regular quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock by 7.5 percent, or 3 cents per share, from 40...
July 27, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Platts, July 26, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to a report from Platts.com, Norfolk Southern predicted that the continued hot weather in America will keep its coal shipments high throughout the remainder of 2011 due to strong demand for electricity. The...
July 21, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, July 20, 2011) NORFOLK, Va. — During eight days earlier this month, Norfolk Southern completed $16.2 million in track, bridge, and signal improvements in southwestern Pennsylvania’s Monongahela Valley. The rail infrastructure...
July 8, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Source: The Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune, July 8, 2011) ARCADIA, Ohio — A Norfolk Southern derailment in rural Ohio has been blamed on a broken rail. The February 6, 2011, derailment of 33 NS cars was caused by head and web separation, according to the Federal Railroad...
