March 23, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Steve Korris appeared on the West Virginia Record website on March 21, 2009.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Railroad workers who sign “total and absolute” releases of claims against their employers when accepting early retirement don’t...
March 13, 2009 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 12, 2009.) VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Beach has acquired a 10.6-mile rail line from Norfolk Southern for $40 million. The line would link Norfolk and Virginia Beach if a proposed light rail is built. Virginia...
March 12, 2009 | Headlines, NS, STB
(The following story by Christopher Dinsmore appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on March 12, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. — Federal rail regulators approved a deal that will give Norfolk Southern Railway Co. a 50 percent stake in a rail network between Albany, N.Y., and...
March 11, 2009 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on March 10, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board today announced that it has approved the joint control and ownership of Pan Am Southern LLC (PAS), a new railroad carrier, by the Norfolk...
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....
