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NS boosts train speeds in Virginia projects

(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...

Officials look at rail safety on trip through Ga.

(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...

NS police target Toledo track trespassers

(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...

NS completes major Crescent Corridor improvements

(Norfolk Southern circulated the following on August 19, 2010.) RICHMOND, Va. — A critical choke point on Norfolk Southern’s Crescent Corridor has been eliminated with a reconfigured rail junction near Front Royal, Va. This was the final and most complex of six...

Norfolk Southern not on board with rails to trails plan

(The following story by Terrence T. McDonald appeared on The Montclair Times website on August 18, 2010.) BERGEN, N.J. — A Bloomfield Township consultant appeared before Montclair’s Township Council last night, asking its members to join an effort to create an...

North Charleston officials hold rail rerouting talks

(The following story by Schuyler Kropf appeared on The Post and Courier website on August 19, 2010.) COLUMBIA, S.C. — North Charleston officials met with leaders of the state Department of Commerce on Wednesday for a briefing on the city’s rail rerouting plan...

Binghamton rail ordinance unenforceable

(The following story by Julia Hunter appeared on the Press & Sun-Bulletin website on August 14, 2010.) BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — When Norfolk Southern Railroad failed to alert local officials after a June 2 derailment, they didn’t just upset emergency workers...