August 3, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Justin Leighty appeared on the Elkhart Truth website on August 1, 2009.) ELKHART, Ind. — Police detained four teens after they brought a train to an emergency stop downtown early Friday. The four — two juveniles and two 18-year-olds...
August 3, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on August 2, 2009.) ALBANY, N.Y. — How do you fillet a freight train? It takes planning, according to Norfolk Southern Railway. The rail company used the term in a recent article to...
July 31, 2009 | CP, Headlines, NS
(The following column by Christopher Barker appeared on the Motley Fool website on July 30, 2009.) NEW YORK — Consensus is both rare and beautifully constructive. Once achieved, it allows Fools to continue to the next station in their investing journey. But be sure...
July 31, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on the Birmingham News website on July 30, 2009.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The man who spent three years helping to lure the $112 million Norfolk Southern railroad hub to McCalla is now working for the railroad in an...
July 31, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Scott Barker appeared on the Knoxville News-Sentinel website on July 31, 2009.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — State Rep. Frank Niceley has been lobbying against the placement of a railroad-truck interchange facility in Jefferson County that would bring...
July 31, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Robert McCabe appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website July 30, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — A day after Norfolk Southern Corp. reported that its second-quarter profit dropped 45 percent from a year ago, its top executives told Wall Street analysts in...
July 30, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on July 30, 2009.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Work has yet to begin on the $40 million intermodal rail yard announced with great fanfare last July by then-state Senate Majority Leader Joseph L....
July 30, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on July 29, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eastern-U.S. carrier Norfolk Southern Railway saw its profit plunge 45 percent from a year earlier in the April-June quarter to $245 million, as...
July 30, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 29, 2009.) NEW YORK — The last of the major U.S. railroads to report second-quarter earnings agrees with the others: It appears the worst of the recession is over. But Norfolk Southern Corp. warned Wednesday of an...
July 29, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on July 28, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced the regular quarterly dividend of 34 cents per share on its common stock, payable on Sept. 10, to stockholders of record on Aug. 7. Since...
