October 5, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Priyanka Dayal appeared on the Telegram & Gazette website on October 2, 2009.) AYER, Mass. — Prisco R. Morella expects a delivery every day. On Wednesday, it came at 1:45 in the afternoon — 126,000 gallons of vegetable oil. A freight train...
October 5, 2009 | Headlines, NS
The following story by Robert McCabe appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on October 5, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Railroad geeks will get a charge out of this. Norfolk Southern Corp. unveiled a prototype of a 1,500-horsepower switching locomotive last week that relies...
October 2, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Wes Bunch appeared on the Kingsport Times-News website on October 2, 2009.) DUFFIELD, Tenn. — A Norfolk Southern train traveling through the Duffield area spilled what could be up to 100 tons of coal Thursday along a seven-mile stretch of...
October 2, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on October 1, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will present its third-quarter 2009 earnings on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, at 4:30 p.m. EDT via teleconference and live Internet webcast. The company will...
September 29, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on September 28, 2009.) ALTOONA, Pa. — With U.S. Dept. of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Congressman Bill Shuster in attendance, Norfolk Southern today unveiled the latest in alternative energy locomotive technology at...
September 23, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Cynthia M. Ellis appeared on The Alton Telegraph on September 22, 2009.) GRANITE CITY, Ill. — Crews spent the majority of Tuesday cleaning up the tangle of cars from a train derailment. Officials said that no one was injured when six cars of a...
September 18, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on September 17, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — A special train will travel to New York, Ohio, and West Virginia Sept. 22-26 to provide emergency preparedness training to first responders as part of the 2009 Norfolk Southern TRANSCAER...
September 17, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on September 15, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern commended its partners in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee for their leadership in supporting the Crescent Corridor program (see map) to increase...
September 17, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on September 15, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) has issued its second annual sustainability report, including the company’s first-ever calculation of its carbon footprint and highlighting...
September 10, 2009 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Debbie Messina appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on September 9, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. projects the cost of putting conventional passenger rail on its freight tracks between Petersburg and Norfolk at $75 million,...
