March 9, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 7, 2009.) ALBION, Mich. — Trains headed between Detroit and Kalamazoo are expected to find the trip a little faster through Albion. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports Friday that track repairs have been made in...
March 6, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Jennifer Fitch appeared on The Herald-Mail website on March 5, 2009.) CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Norfolk Southern is poised to build southcentral Pennsylvania’s second major intermodal freight transport facility, the Franklin County Area Development...
March 5, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on March 4, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Employees in Norfolk Southern’s mechanical department turned in a history-making safety performance in 2008. The employees completed the year with a reportable injury ratio of 0.53, the lowest...
March 2, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Neil H. Simon appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on March 1, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ten of Virginia’s top 20 revenue-producing public companies combined to spend more than $100,000 a day lobbying the federal government...
February 27, 2009 | Headlines, NS, STB
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on February 27, 2009.) MECHANICVILLE, N.Y. — Federal regulators are expected to give their approval within weeks to a $140 million rail project that includes a $40 million intermodal yard...
February 27, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Kathy Adams appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on February 28, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — A new rail yard at Norfolk International Terminals will double the number of cargo containers the marine terminal can move on and off rail cars each year....
February 24, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(Reuters circulated the following article on February 23.) CHICAGO — The major U.S. railroads face a “serious battle” in the current U.S. Congress over upcoming legislation that would govern how they set their prices and how they are regulated, the top executive...
February 12, 2009 | CN, Headlines, NS
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Traffic World website on February 11, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The railroad with the straightest route down the continent and the one that has led in creating higher-speed freight corridors said they want to...
February 11, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Kathy Adams appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on February 11, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — With Hampton Roads’ home prices, retail sales and port traffic all down, 2008 delivered more bad economic news than good. Coal exports were one...
February 11, 2009 | CN, Headlines, NS
(CN and Norfolk Southern issued the following on February 10, 2009.) MONTREAL and NORFOLK, Va. — CN and Norfolk Southern Corporation announced today an initiative to create a “MidAmerica Corridor” in which the railroads will share track between Chicago, St. Louis,...
