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Fuel spill at Elkhart rail yard causes road closure

(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...

Large tract near proposed McCalla rail hub up for sale

(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...

3 sentenced for theft plot that derailed NS train

(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....

Norfolk Southern profit falls 37 percent

(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on January 27, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Railway’s fourth-quarter net income fell 32 percent from a year earlier to $307 million, as revenue fell 16 percent to $2.1...

Norfolk Southern declares quarterly dividend

(Norfolk Southern issued the following on January 26, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced the regular quarterly dividend of 34 cents per share on its common stock, payable on March 10, to stockholders of record on Feb. 5....

Norfolk Southern sees light at the end of the tunnel

(The following story by Bill Archer appeared on the Bluefield Daily Telegraph website on January 24, 2010.) COOPERS, W.Va. — When the workers laboring to raise the roof of the old Cooper Tunnel on the Norfolk Southern mainline in Mercer County see daylight, it’s about...