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...
February 8, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 8, 2010.) ELKHART, Ind. — A fuel spill in a northern Indiana railroad yard caused authorities to close a main road while it was cleaned up. Elkhart police say it took firefighters and hazardous materials crews...
February 4, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on February 3, 2010.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern Corp. hasn’t laid down any of the track that will connect its main line to the proposed $112 million intermodal terminal in Rossville, but the...
February 1, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on The Birmingham News website on January 29, 2010.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The owners of 446 acres of farmland near Norfolk Southern’s planned railroad hub in McCalla have put the property on the market for more...
February 1, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 29, 2010.) BECKLEY, W.Va. — Three men accused of a participating in a plot to steal copper wire that resulted in a train derailment in southern West Virginia have been sentenced on federal charges. The U.S....
January 29, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on January 28, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) said today it will seek to declassify its board of directors, as an enhancement to the company’s corporate governance practices. Declassification would...
January 28, 2010 | Headlines, NS
(Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following story by Bob Sechler on January 27, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) executives said Wednesday that business conditions are improving in most of the railroad’s core markets, albeit slowly....
