March 9, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following editorial appeared on The Memphis News website on March 9, 2010.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Piperton-Rossville area of Fayette County will change and the central question is how. But that’s not the only question to consider as Norfolk Southern works to...
March 9, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on March 8, 2010.) MEMPHIS, 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...
March 9, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Sammy Fretwell appeared on The State website on March 9, 2010.) COLUMBIA, S.C. — A railroad company responsible for a deadly 2005 chemical accident in Graniteville must pay a $4 million penalty for damage to creeks, lakes and forests caused by...
March 8, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following colmn by Dr. Nancy Brannon appeared on The Memphis News website on March 8, 2010. Brannon is an environmental sociologist..) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — News came recently that Norfolk Southern Corp. will receive $105 million in federal stimulus money. It was...
March 8, 2010 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 5, 2010.) PHILADELPHIA — The CEO of Norfolk Southern Corp. received $10.9 million in compensation for 2009, 9 percent less than the prior year as the railroad operator grappled with the economic downturn,...
March 3, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(Television station WDBJ posted the following on its website on March 2, 2010. To view a video of this report, please visit: RICHMOND, Va. — You’ve probably seen them along Norfolk Southern tracks in western Virginia: the mobile camps where maintenance crews...
March 2, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 1, 2010.) NEW YORK — A Barclays Capital analyst said Monday he believes investors aren’t paying enough attention to the earnings growth potential of Norfolk Southern Corp., citing the railroad...
February 26, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared at www.research.psu.edu on February 26, 2010.) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In September 2009, Norfolk Southern unveiled its NS 999, a prototype 1,500-horsepower switching locomotive that relies solely on rechargeable batteries for power. When the...
February 26, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 25, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Railway hopes to begin construction by July on new intermodal terminals in Memphis, Tenn., and Birmingham, Ala., now that it has...
February 25, 2010 | CN, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Baird Spicuzza and Rose Zawistowski appeared at RecyclingToday.com on February 24, 2010.) So, what exactly happened to the boxcar? Does recovered fiber move by rail anymore? To borrow a familiar refrain, the reports of the death of scrap paper...
