June 9, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Birmingham News website on June 7, 2011.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Norfolk Southern’s $97.5 million railroad hub in McCalla won’t create that many direct jobs, but officials said Monday the project will deliver a major economic...
June 7, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Birmingham News website on June 6, 2011.) McCALLA, Ala. — Norfolk Southern officials broke ground this morning on the railroad company’s $97.5 million hub being built on 316 acres in McCalla. Wick Moorman, chief executive of...
June 6, 2011 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 3, 2011.) On Monday, Norfolk Southern Corp. plans to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a $97.5 million intermodal terminal in McCalla, Ala. Slated to open in 2012, the 316-acre Birmingham...
June 2, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following press release on June 1, 2011.) ALTOONA, PA. — Norfolk Southern Corporation will present an overview of the company’s operating, financial, and strategic initiatives as part of its 2011 Investor and Financial Analyst Conference...
May 31, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on The Star Press website on May 27, 2011.) MUNCIE, Ind. — A communications official with Norfolk Southern said on Thursday that one of its trains left a putrid pile of grain — and not human waste — laying in the middle of its...
May 26, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Virginian Pilot website on May 25, 2011.) ROANOKE, Va. — Everyone loves zombies these days. Even Norfolk Southern Corp. The Norfolk-based railroad company announced Wednesday that its mascot Brainy will join more than 1,000 zombie...
May 26, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 21, 2011.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. — Researchers studying the long-term health effects of a deadly 2005 Norfolk Southern train wreck and chemical spill in Aiken County are offering free health screenings to people in...
May 24, 2011 | Headlines, NS
MUNCIE, Ind. — A Muncie, Ind., landlord and business owner raised a stink Monday over a heap of waste apparently left last week by a Norfolk Southern train, prompting an investigation by Delaware County Health Department officials who said the railroad company was in...
May 19, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Toronto Star website on May 18, 2011.) TORONTO — Taking advantage of historically low interest rates and strong demand from fixed-income investors, Norfolk Southern today issued $400 million of 100-year notes. The deal was increased from...
May 16, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Hampton Roads Inside Business Journal on May 13, 2011.) ROANOKE, Va. — To keep pace with surging freight shipments, Norfolk Southern has ordered 1,500 specially designed coal cars and 242 AC locomotives. AC locomotives?...
