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...
July 7, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Beaver County Times, July 6, 2011) BEAVER, Pa. — New details are emerging in a lawsuit filed against Norfolk Southern, which accuses the railroad of an ongoing pattern of covering up work-related injuries by falsely accusing employees of lying and then firing...
July 6, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 1, 2011) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Two former railroad workers are suing Norfolk Southern, claiming that the railroad tried to coerce them into lying about an accident and then fired them. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,...
July 5, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, July 1, 2011) NORFOLK, Va. — We cordially invite you to join us on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at 4:30 p.m. EST to review our second-quarter results. We will issue earnings results shortly after market close on July 26. For those...
July 5, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Birmingham News, July 3, 2011) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Birmingham News is reporting that large tracts of land in McCalla, Ala., near Norfolk Southern’s new intermodal hub, may soon be snapped up by developers. NS held a groundbreaking ceremony for the...
June 21, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following press release on JUne 20, 2011.) YAZOO CITY, Miss. — Underscoring its leadership in “conservation capitalism” — the growing understanding that environmental progress and American business are closely linked — Norfolk...
