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...
January 10, 2011 | Headlines, NS
Early on the morning of January 6, 2005, a 42-car Norfolk Southern train crashed into two locomotives and two rail cars in Graniteville, S.C. The freight train was carrying more than 250 tons of toxic chlorine gas, which was released in the crash. Nine people died as...
October 11, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Jennifer Brookland appeared on The State website on October 11, 2010.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. — Phil Napier’s hardware store is the kind that has been largely replaced by Walmart and The Home Depot superstores. A toy firetruck rests on a shelf...
October 8, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story appeared on The Gazette-Virginian website on October 7, 2010.) BOSTON – A Norfolk Southern locomotive derailed Wednesday afternoon in the South Boston railroad yard, according to Norfolk Southern officials. “Three locomotives were returning to the...
October 7, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by George Hohmann appeared on the Charleston Daily Mail website on October 7, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern said it undertook one of its largest coal loadings of the last 20 years on Sept. 29 at its Pier 6 trans-loading facility at...
