July 1, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story appeared on The Review website on July 1, 2009.) LISBON, Ohio — A Salem man who caused two trains to collide and derail after he stood on the tracks last July 2 must pay Norfolk Southern $4,127 to compensate the railroad company for its damages....
June 29, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Audrey Carter appeared on the Appalachian News-Express website on June 27, 2009.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Pike County man was among those police believe stole an estimated $190,000 worth of material from Norfolk Southern Railroad in Mingo County...
June 29, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Jon Rutter appeared on the Sunday News website on June 28, 2009.) STRASBURG, Pa. — The Strasburg Rail Road is going green and expanding its freight operation at the same time. No, the tourist line won’t be burning soybean-based biofuel in...
June 26, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Curtis Johnson appeared on The Herald-Dispatch website on June 26, 2009.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A grand jury indictment charged three people with conspiring to steal railroad tracks and selling them across state lines. The thefts tallied an...
June 25, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following column by Frank Cagle appeared on the Metro Pulse website on June 24, 2009.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knox County has spent millions of dollars on Eastbridge Industrial Park. It sits on Mine Road in Mascot with hundreds of acres of expensive graded land still...
June 22, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Beth Ann Walker appeared on the Knoxville News website on June 21, 2009.) NEW MARKET, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern isn’t interested in buying any of Debbie Berry’s 20 acres. Her property – which has been in her family for 70 years...
June 22, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 21, 2009.) NEW MARKET, Tenn. — More than 100 people gathered at an East Tennessee school to speak out against a proposed Norfolk Southern rail yard where freight would be exchanged between trucks and trains. The...
June 18, 2009 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, NS
(The following editorial appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on June 17, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Wick Moorman said he was speaking only for himself when he told Norfolk business leaders that higher-speed passenger rail must come to Hampton Roads by a southern route....
June 17, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Robert Wilson appeared on the Knoxville News Sentinel website on June 17, 2009.) DANDRIDGE, Tenn. — Harvey Young said he searched for 35 years before he found the farm he wanted to buy and build his home on. But in 1999 he found it, and now if...
June 15, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Robert Wilson appeared on the Knoxville News Sentinel website on June 14, 2009.) NEW MARKET, Tenn. — New Market, in Jefferson County, could not be more appropriately named, say officials for Norfolk Southern Corp., the company that wants to...
