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Graniteville retains hope years after fatal chlorine spill

(The following story by Sammy Fretwell appeared on The Sun News website on January 9, 2010.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. — The whistling wind and the rumbling of an occasional train are about all you can hear in Graniteville these days. Five years after a horrifying rail crash...

Norfolk Southern coal port returns to normal

(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on January 5, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Railway’s large coal loading port terminal is back to normal at Norfolk, Va., and the railroad on Jan. 5 lifted its “force...

NS to host fourth-quarter 2009 earnings conference call

(Norfolk Southern issued the following on January 5, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will present its fourth-quarter 2009 earnings on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, at 4:30 p.m. EDT via teleconference and live Internet webcast. The company...

Graniteville residents recount fateful day of NS crash

(The following story by Haley Hughes appeared on the Aiken Standard website on January 6, 2010.) AIKEN, S.C. — On Jan. 6, 2005, a Norfolk Southern train veered off the main track and collided with a parked train. The resulting crash resulted in the release of 160,000...

Key U.S. coal port to restart after breakdowns

(Reuters circulated the following on December 30, 2009.) HOUSTON — Norfolk Southern Corp’s Lamberts Point coal export terminal should be back in full operation by Friday, after two conveyor belt failures halted loadings last weekend, a spokesman said Wednesday....

NS paid nearly $12 million for rail hub land at McCalla

(The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on the Birmingham News website on December 29, 2009.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Norfolk Southern Corp. paid nearly $12 million to purchase the 316 acres in McCalla where it plans to build a $112 million railroad hub,...

NS mostly recovered from winter storm in Mid-Atlantic states

(Norfolk Southern issued the following on December 22, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Most mainline operations in the area that was hit with a winter storm over the weekend have been restored. Power outages and downed trees are impacting local operations along some branch...