June 28, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Walt Frank appeared on the Altoona Mirror website on June 27, 2010.) ALTOONA, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Labor History Society’s plan to commemorate the Great Railroad Strike of 1922 in Altoona has drawn some opposition. Society members, who...
June 24, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Lindsey Mohlman appeared on the News-Sentinel website on June 24, 2010.) FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Norfolk Sourthern is raising the speed limit for its local trains to expedite movement through Fort Wayne. Between the city and Fort Wayne International...
June 24, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on June 23, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Railway’s long-awaited project to carve a double-stack intermodal train corridor through the Appalachian Mountains just got a bit...
June 21, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Sabian Warren appeared on the Citizen Times website on June 18, 2010.) OLD FORT, N.C. — A derailed train spilled 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel near Pisgah National Forest west of here on Thursday. Norfolk Southern officials said they were...
June 18, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Sabian Warren appeared on the Asheville Citizen-Times website on June 18, 2010.) OLD FORT, N. Carolina— A derailed train spilled 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel near Pisgah National Forest west of here on Thursday. Norfolk Southern officials said...
June 16, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Anna Simon of the Clemson Bureau appeared on the Greenville Online website on June 16, 2010.) LIBERTY, South Carolina — Norfolk Southern will pay for the environmental cleanup, repairs to Old Norris Road due to heavy equipment traffic, and...
June 14, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by John C. Stevenson appeared on The Greenville News website on June 11, 2010.) LIBERTY – After 436 residents were allowed to return to their homes following an initial evacuation near a 24-car train derailment and chemical spill Thursday, an...
June 14, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Angela Davis appeared on the Greenville Online website on June 14, 2010.) LIBERTY — Norfolk Southern expects to resume efforts Tuesday to remove hazardous chemicals from cars damaged during the train derailment in Liberty. Attempts Sunday to...
June 10, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Mary Poletti appeared on the Quincy Herald-Whig website on June 10, 2010.) HANNIBAL, Mo. — In a once-in-a-lifetime honor, a railroad signal in downtown Hannibal is now known by the name of a longtime Norfolk Southern Railroad employee. The...
June 10, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Sandusky Register website on June 10, 2010.) HURON, Ohio — Two engines of a train slipped off the tracks Wednesday afternoon on Sprowl Road, just outside of the city near Glidden Paint Co. No hazardous materials were on the train, and...
