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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...

Opinion: The seeds of job growth: The Heartland Corridor

(The following column by U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) appeared on the Williamson Daily News website on January 23, 2010. He represents West Virginia’s 3rd District.) WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — The Norfolk Southern rail line that traverses southern West Virginia will soon see...

Freight central: Memphis chosen for logistics conference

(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on January 20, 2010.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When Bruce Lambert was looking for a place to host a regional freight conference, he set his sights on a city about six hours upriver from his hometown of New...

Danville, Ky. railroad jobs may move

(The following story by David Brock appeared on the Advocate-Messenger website on January 19, 2010. Rodney Noakes is Local Chairman of BLET Division 199 in Danville, Ky.) DANVILLE, Ky. — Norfolk Southern is considering the elimination of Danville as one of its crew...

NS Crescent Corridor endorsed by retail industry association

(Norfolk Southern issued the following on January 14, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern’s Crescent Corridor Intermodal Freight Project has received the endorsement of the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA). As noted in a letter dated December 16, 2009,...