August 21, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Ed Marcum appeared on the Knoxville News-Sentinel website on August 21, 2009.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Jefferson County officials who signed a confidentiality agreement with railroad company Norfolk Southern over a proposed freight facility in New...
August 21, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on the Birmingham News website on August 20, 2009.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Jefferson County Board of Education wants an independent study of how a proposed Norfolk Southern railroad hub next to McAdory Elementary...
August 19, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on August 19, 2009.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Thanks to an expanded BNSF Railway Co. intermodal terminal, direct access to the Southeastern U.S. and the bulk of the city’s warehouses and distribution...
August 19, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on the Birmingham News website on August 18, 2009.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Preliminary designs of Norfolk Southern’s $112 million cargo-loading rail hub call for 15-foot berms next to McAdory Elementary School and a...
August 19, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on the Birmingham News website on August 18, 2009.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — More than 300 residents packed into the Bessemer Civic Center today seeking answers from Norfolk Southern at the railroad’s first public...
August 17, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on the Birmingham News website on August 16, 2009.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The old-line industries that helped forge Birmingham into existence are facing fiery opposition as they try to grow in its suburban communities....
August 17, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on The Birmingham News website on August 16, 2009.) AUSTELL, Ga. — Joe Jerkins has never been to McCalla, but he fully understands the concerns residents there have about a planned Norfolk Southern intermodal...
August 14, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Kari Andren appeared on the Patriot-News website on August 14, 2009.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Ed Rendell is trying to land $47 million in federal aid to upgrade Harrisburg rail freight facilities. The money would help Norfolk Southern Corp. add...
August 13, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Knoxville News-Sentinel website on August 13, 2009.) KINGSTON, Tenn. — A road was reopened this morning after two empty rail cars derailed near TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant ash-spill site Wednesday night. Swan Pond Road reopened about...
August 13, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Huntsville Times website on August 13, 2009.) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Norfolk Southern reopened its rail line through Huntsville about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday after the derailment of nine boxcars 12 hours earlier closed the line. No one was...
