April 7, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Jorge Valencia appeared on the Roanoke Times website on April 7, 2010.) ROANOKE, Va. — Roanoke firefighters closed a 14-block stretch of Shenandoah Avenue early this evening when a rail car in the adjacent Norfolk Southern yard apparently...
March 29, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 27, 2010.) WATERLOO, Ind. (AP) — A Norfolk Southern Corp. freight train has derailed in northeastern Indiana, disrupting Amtrak service into and out of Chicago. The train derailed Friday evening in Waterloo,...
March 23, 2010 | Headlines, KCS, NS
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on March 22, 2010.) Last week, senior executives from Kansas City Southern and Norfolk Southern Railway completed an annual inspection of their Meridian Speedway joint venture to assess improvements made...
March 19, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on March 18, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — In his message to stockholders in the 2009 Annual Report, posted online today, Norfolk Southern Corporation CEO Wick Moorman (NYSE: NSC) says the company “withstood the economic shocks of...
March 15, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Robert McCabe appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on March 14, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — At Norfolk Southern Corp., the buck stops here when it comes to bonuses. The pay packages of its eight highest-ranking executives took a hit in 2009,...
March 15, 2010 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(The following story by Paula J. Owen appeared on the Worcester Telegram website on March 13, 2010.) FITCHBURG, Mass. — Improvements by Pan Am Southern to the rail route from Mechanicville, N.Y., to Ayer in the last year have increased capacity and speeds on the line...
March 15, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Kate S. Alexander appeared on the Herald-Mail website on March 13, 2010.) GREENCASTLE, Pa. — Norfolk Southern will break ground on its Greencastle intermodal rail facility this summer despite news coming from Capitol Hill, a spokesman said. The...
March 15, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Tom Charlier appeared on the Commercial Appeal website on March 15, 2010.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Long touted as a “green” project that will reduce pollution, Norfolk Southern’s proposed truck-to-rail terminal in western Fayette...
March 15, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 13, 2010.) ROSSVILLE, Tenn. — The development of Norfolk Southern Corp.’s $112 million intermodal yard on a former cattle ranch in Fayette County has polarized the community for more than a year. Proponents...
March 11, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Sarita Chourey appeared on the Bluffton Today website on March 11, 2010.) COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Norfolk Southern Railway Co. must make a series of environmental improvements to the Graniteville area and pay a $4 million penalty, according to...
