December 15, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the followingo n December 12.) ROANOKE , Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation has offered a challenge grant of $1 million to the Virginia Museum of Transportation (VMT) for capital and operating expenses over a three-year period to help the...
December 15, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Phillip Rawls on December 12.) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal appeals court has sided with Alabama in a lawsuit filed by Norfolk Southern Railway Co. that could have wiped out several million dollars in taxes that...
December 15, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Kathy Adams appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on December 13.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. plans to lay off an undisclosed number of employees as part of an effort to cut costs, company spokesman Robin Chapman confirmed Friday....
December 11, 2008 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(The following column by Jonathan Broder appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on December 11.) PHILADELPHIA — On April 1, 1976, Consolidated Rail Corp. – Conrail – came into existence. Born out of the once unthinkable bankruptcies of most of the...
December 8, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Kathy Adams appeared at hamptonroads.com on December 7, 2008) HAMPTON ROADS, Va – In a camouflage baseball cap and orange Harley-Davidson T-shirt, Mike Barton doesn’t look much like Santa Claus. He drives a 4,000-horsepower...
December 5, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Kevin Flanigan appeared at wearecentralpa.com on December 2, 2008) ALTOONA, Pa – As the National Economy continues to struggle, one local employer says they are seeing a surge in business. Over the last couple of years, the railroad...
December 3, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by William Kibler, appeared at altoonamirror.com on December 3, 2008) ALTOONA, Pa – The Juniata Locomotive Shop is a kingdom of grease and heavy steel, but also “one of the crown jewels” of the Norfolk Southern railway, said...
December 2, 2008 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Timothy O’Connor appeared on the News-Dispatch website on December 1.) LA PORTE, Ind. — There was potential for derailment when alleged thieves forced freight trains to make emergency stops, a Federal Railroad Administration spokesman...
November 25, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on November 24.) NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On November 13 Norfolk Southern completed the installation of a 50 kilowatt wind turbine at its rail yard in North Kansas City to power the yard’s wastewater treatment plant. The wind...
November 19, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on November 19.) NORFOLK, Va. — In observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday, Norfolk Southern will curtail (non-intermodal) freight operations beginning 11:00 PM on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 and resume full operations at 7:00...
