October 14, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(Reuters circulated the following story by A.Ananthalakshmi on October 13, 2009.) BANGALORE — U.S. freight company J.B. Hunt Transport Services is close to signing a long-term intermodal agreement with an eastern railroad, most likely Norfolk Southern Corp, according...
October 13, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on October 12, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern customers now can receive text messages notifying them of the status of shipments with Railcar Event Alerts. Using a simple application on the company’s e-commerce site,...
October 12, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Jeff Sturgeon appeared on The Roanoke Times website on October 10, 2009.) ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. will move 30 jobs from Roanoke to Atlanta, effective Nov. 16, the company said. Railroad spokesman Robin Chapman said Friday the...
October 12, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Dan Gearino appeared on the Columbus Dispatch website on October 11, 2009.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — In good times, Buckeye Yard on the Far West Side is alive with the screech of metal on metal. Now, it is a kind of parking lot. Hundreds of idled...
October 9, 2009 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on October 9, 2009.) STILLWATER, N.Y. — Richard Chapman is clear on one thing: He doesn’t oppose the $40 million intermodal railyard to be built across the road from his home. What...
October 8, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by David Sachs appeared on the Alexandria Times website on October 7, 2009.) ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Even before Norfolk Southern Corporation made the city’s West End home to its ethanol transfer facility last year in the city’s West End, the...
October 7, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following editorial appeared on the Charleston Daily Mail website on October 7, 2009.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Americans have read a lot of negative news in the past few years about the economy of the nation they love. It would be easy to become discouraged and...
October 6, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Steve Bennish appeared on the Dayton Daily News website on October 5, 2009.) MIAMI TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Mischief-makers set a stack of 75 railroad ties on fire about 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, police said, shutting down a rail line just south of the...
October 6, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on October 6, 2009.) STILLWATER, N.Y. — With the Halfmoon Planning Board giving its approval last week to a proposed $40 million intermodal yard, opponents of the project are looking to...
October 6, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by George Hohmann appeared on the Charleston Daily Mail website on October 5, 2009.) KERMIT, W.Va. — Opening a new rail gateway for double-stacked containers is taking place across southern West Virginia 20 grueling feet at a time. Every weekday,...
