February 12, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on February 11, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation participated in the location of 70 new industries and the expansion of 23 existing industries along its rail lines in 2009. New plants and expansions represented...
February 12, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on February 11, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Foundation, the charitable giving affiliate of Norfolk Southern Corporation, awarded grants worth more than $5.7 million to nonprofit charitable organizations in 2009. The...
February 12, 2010 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 11, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The strong winter storms hitting the country this winter are sharply cutting stockpiles of coal held by electrical utilities, said Matthew K....
February 12, 2010 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 11, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The two major eastern-U.S. railroads – CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway – were starting to dig out late on Feb. 10 and on Feb. 11...
February 11, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 10, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The international part of the U.S. intermodal market will be “weak” for most of 2010 because U.S. consumer spending is still too slow to generate...
February 10, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 9, 2010.) Norfolk Southern Railway lifted its force majeure service declaration early on Feb. 9 for traffic moving through eastern-U.S. areas hit hard by the huge weekend...
February 9, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the South Bend Tribune website on February 9, 2010.) ELKHART, Ind. — Authorities have re-opened U.S. 33 in Elkhart, after cleaning up a fuel spill late Sunday at the Norfolk Southern railyard. An estimated 200 gallons of fuel had spilled...
February 9, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Jeff Sturgeon appeared on The Roanoke Times website on February 9, 2010.) ROANOKE, Va. — Virginia could eliminate about one in three trucks from Interstate 81 with extensive –and expensive — rail improvements, a consultant says....
February 9, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 8, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three days after a massive winter storm struck the mid-Atlantic region, freight transportation systems were still trying to recover to normal...
February 8, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Christopher Magan appeared on the Dayton Daily News website on February 5, 2010.) FAIRBORN, Ohio – Police and firefighters are investigating what appears to be an intentionally set blaze that damaged one and destroyed another railroad track...
