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...
June 10, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on June 9, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Railway is tapping Axion Power International to develop a battery management system for the all-electric yard locomotive it unveiled...
June 10, 2010 | Headlines, NS, Technology
(The column story by Jeff Immelt and and Wick Moorman
appeared on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on June 9, 2010. Jeff Immelt is chairman and CEO of General Electric, and Wick Moorman is chairman and CEO of Norfolk Southern.) ATLANTA, Ga. — Recent reports...
June 7, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Ed Marcum appeared on the Knoxville News-Sentinel website on June 6, 2010.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern railroad continues to keep an eye on New Market as a possible site for an intermodal facility as part of its Crescent Corridor, but...
June 7, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern and GE issued the following on June 7, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern and GE Transportation today announced the success of a technology that could change the rail industry by increasing the average network speed of trains by 10-20 percent or...
June 4, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on The Birmingham News website on June 3, 2010.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The head of Norfolk Southern Corp. said a planned $112 million railroad hub in McCalla is key to the company’s plans to create a safer, faster...
June 3, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Ad Crable appeared on the Intelligencer Journal website on June 2, 2010.) LANCASTER, Pa. — The state has signed off on the final environmental cleanup of the former Lancaster Brickyard dump that’s destined to be the new location for...
