September 8, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 8, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern is getting ready to celebrate the completion of a rail corridor that’s expected to increase freight traffic and reduce travel times. After sunset on Wednesday,...
September 7, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Virginian Pilot website on September 5, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Catch the new Norfolk Southern music video on YouTube? No joke. To celebrate the opening of the Heartland Corridor project Thursday, the Norfolk Southern Lawmen, the...
September 7, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 4, 2010.) LIBERTY, S.C. — A freight train operator says bouncing wheels on one railcar was among the causes of a 24-car derailment that led to the evacuation of 436 homes in northwestern South Carolina....
September 7, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Peter Frost appeared on the Daily Press website on September 4, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Sometime after sunset on Wednesday, Norfolk Southern Train 233 will chug out of Hampton Roads, loaded with about 200 corrugated steel cargo containers stacked...
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...
