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...
February 19, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Michael Zennie appeared on The Journal Gazette website on February 19, 2010.) BUTLER, Ind. — Norfolk Southern officials are trying to figure out what caused a train to derail Thursday morning outside Butler. The train was headed from Chicago to...
February 19, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on February 19, 2010.) MEMPHIS — Norfolk Southern Corp.’s plan to build a $112 million intermodal facility in neighboring Rossville received a major boost today with the announcement that it would...
February 19, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Port of Virginia website on February 18, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — The Heartland Corridor double-stack rail project is on schedule to be completed by summer 2010, said a Norfolk Southern marketing representative speaking at the February...
February 18, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on February 17,2 010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern’s (NYSE: NSC) planned Memphis Regional Intermodal Facility was awarded $52.5 million from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of...
