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Major trail, rail corridors get boost Norfolk Southern

(Norfolk Southern issued the following on July 23, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Employees of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) are teaming up with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and local trail-maintaining clubs in a one-day “Spruce-It-Up” campaign to...

NS intermodal yard upgrade gets under way in Toledo

(Norfolk Southern and the Ohio Rail Development Commission issued the following on July 21, 2010.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Toledo’s role as a freight distribution point for the Midwest soon will be strengthened. An almost $12.3-million dollar project to expand capacity and...

Norfolk Southern almost ready to break ground in Memphis

(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on July 21, 2010.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern Corp. is about to clear the final hurdle needed to begin work on its Rossville intermodal terminal, where cargo containers will be transferred...

What’s at stake in North Charleston rail debate

(The following story by Daniel Brock appeared on the Charleston Regional Business Journal website on July 19, 2010.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — On a warm evening in early July, North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey grabbed a microphone and laid out a plan to save his city....

Norfolk Southern says Charleston rail plan ‘hollow’

(The following story by Daniel Brock appeared on the Charleston Regional Business Journal website on July 15, 2010.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — Norfolk Southern Corp. has been largely silent during the region’s broiling commercial rail debate, but a deal struck by a group of...

Norfolk Southern balks at Charleston rail plan

(The following story by Allyson Bird appeared on The Post and Courier website on July 14, 2010.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — Norfolk Southern Corp. rejects North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey’s plan to kick its trains out of key up-and-coming neighborhoods at the...

$9.7M released for NS rail yard expansion in Toledo, Ohio

(The following story by David Patch appeared on the Toledo Blade website on July 14, 2010.) TOLEDO, Ohio — A state agency has given a green signal to a $12.3 million expansion of a Norfolk Southern Railway rail yard in South Toledo, a project intended to boost the...