September 3, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared at WDBJ7.com on September 2, 2010.) ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern is reaching back to its Roanoke roots for its new ad campaign. The rail company is using a helicopter to film the area’s train attractions. That includes aerial footage...
September 2, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(Progress Rail Services and Norfolk Southern issued the following on September 1, 2010.) ALBERTVILLE, Ala. and NORFOLK, Va. — Progress Rail Services Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., and Norfolk Southern have announced the order of additional...
September 2, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on September 1, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced a five-year goal to reduce its carbon footprint through fuel-savings technology and improvements in operating efficiencies. The...
August 30, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following report appeared on the New York Post website on August 27, 2010.) NEW YORK — As a dozen amateur ghost hunters in North Carolina waited for a “ghost train” before dawn Friday, a man in the group was killed by a real one, WCNC reported. The...
August 30, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on The August Chronicle website on August 29, 2010.) AUGUST, Ga. — Early on the morning of Jan. 6, 2005, a Norfolk Southern Corp. freight train carrying more than 250 tons of chlorine crashed into two locomotives and two rail cars parked on a...
August 27, 2010 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Robert Behre appeared on the Post and Courier website on August 26, 2010.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — A new neighborhood is taking shape at the northern end of the three-mile-long railroad line that North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey is pushing to...
August 24, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on August 23, 2010.) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp. sold $250 million of 100-year bonds in a reopening, the first offering of such debt since 2005, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The securities yield 5.95 percent,...
August 23, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on August 19, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Railway completed in and around Front Royal, Va., a series of state- and company-funded construction projects, which will boost...
August 20, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 19, 2010.) AUSTELL, Ga. — Representatives of Norfolk Southern Railway and Georgia Operation Lifesaver took a train ride together to promote safety. About 100 local, state and federal officials made a roundtrip...
August 20, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by David Patch appeared on the Toledo Blade website on August 20, 2010.) TOLEDO, Ohio — Seventeen-year-old Franco Harris and his cousin, Jason Abranczyk, 11, thought the railroad tracks behind a friend’s house in East Toledo would be a good...
