July 16, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(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...
July 15, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(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...
July 14, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(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...
July 13, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Heather Lockwood appeared at AnnArbor.com on July 13, 2010.) ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Police kicked off a campaign this month to enforce trespassing laws on railroad property and say anyone caught walking along railroad tracks could be cited for a...
July 12, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Matt Andrejczak appeared at MarketWatch.com on July 9, 2010.) SAN FRANCISCO — Norfolk Southern shares have lagged the gains of other railroads during the economic downturn. But its coal-hauling business could energize the stock over the next...
July 12, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Allyson Bird appeared on The Post and Courier website on July 10, 2010.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — Proponents of a controversial rail plan that would shape North Charleston’s future say its detractors are missing the big picture — that the...
July 12, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following editorial appeared on the Post and Courier website on July 11, 2010.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — The city of North Charleston, CSX Corp. and a private developer have proposed a rail plan that would serve a new port at the old Navy Base, eliminate miles of rail...
July 6, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Bill Archer appeared on the Bluefield Daily Telegraph website on July 5, 2010.) BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Norfolk Southern Railway contract crews have set up warning signs, and one of Bluefield’s bridges that traverses the NS mainline in the city’s...
July 6, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 4, 2010.) RALEIGH, N.C. — Several train cars have derailed near downtown Raleigh, but officials say no one has been hurt and there have been no evacuations. Multiple media outlets report the cars left the track at...
July 2, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on July 2, 2010.) MECHANICVILLE, Pa. — Two years after officials gathered here to announce a $40 million “rail logistics center,” work on the project has yet to begin. But...