February 7, 2011 | Headlines, NS
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. — A $713 parking ticket is a lot for anyone – even the railroad. Norfolk Southern has been racking up those tickets for blocking traffic through Port Wentworth. Police Chief James Melvin says his officers are writing them at a rate of about...
February 7, 2011 | Headlines, NS
About 30 residences near a Norfolk Southern rail line were evacuated early Sunday after a train derailed and some of its cars carrying ethanol exploded in Arcadia, Ohio. No injuries were reported when 26 cars derailed from the 62-car eastbound train at 2:20 a.m. near...
February 4, 2011 | CSX, Headlines, NS
Norfolk Southern and CSX Corp. said coal shipments are delayed by 48 hours because of bad weather in the U.S. Midwest. The two railroads, which move coal throughout the East, Midwest and Appalachia, are experiencing delays following a giant winter storm that slammed...
February 3, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following press release on February 2, 2011.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation participated in the location of 67 new industries and the expansion of 28 existing industries along its rail lines in 2010. New plants and expansions...
February 2, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on February 1, 2011.) NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk Southern Foundation, the charitable giving affiliate of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC), announced today that it awarded nearly $5.6 million in grants during 2010 to...
January 26, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following press release on January 25, 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 11 percent, or 4 cents...
January 26, 2011 | Headlines, NS
According to a report from Reuters, Norfolk Southern said fourth-quarter net income rose 31 percent from a year ago while top executives predict even stronger growth in 2011. The report reads in part: “Volume has shifted into January and almost every business segment...
January 26, 2011 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on January 25, 2011.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation today reported fourth-quarter 2010 net income of $402 million, or $1.09 per diluted share, 31 percent higher compared with $307 million, or $0.82 per diluted...
January 21, 2011 | Headlines, NS
The transient who claimed to have suffered chemical burns when he hitched a ride on a railroad tanker near Pottsville, Pa., overnight Sunday has been released from the hospital. Citing privacy laws the hospital’s director of media relations, said he could not...
January 19, 2011 | Headlines, NS
Authorities said Tuesday that no traces of chemicals – or any substance – were found on the clothes of a drifter who’s blistering stomach triggered a hazardous materials scare Monday in Northumberland County. Yet, the man, identified by state police...
