October 24, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on October 23.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern hauled 49.67 million tons of coal in the third quarter of 2008, an all-time quarterly high driven by strong export demand and more shipments of domestic metallurgical coal....
October 24, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 23.) MINNEAPOLIS — An analyst upgraded Norfolk Southern Corp. from to “Buy” from “Hold” on Thursday, after the railroad reported strong third-quarter results this week. “The shares...
October 22, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Ruthie Ackerman appeared at Forbes.com on October 21.) NORFOLK, Va. — Strong demand for coal and efficiency gains helped Norfolk Southern offset declining shipments of automobiles and housing-related products in the third quarter. Investors...
October 22, 2008 | CN, Headlines, NS
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Angela Greiling Keane and Hugo Miller on October 21.) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp., the fourth- largest U.S. railroad, and Canadian National Railway Ltd., that country’s biggest carrier, posted quarterly...
October 22, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern Corp. issued the following on October 21.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) reported third-quarter 2008 net income of $520 million, or $1.37 per diluted share, compared with $386 million, or $0.97 per diluted share, for the...
October 21, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared at SeekingAlpha.com on October 20.) Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) is expected to report Q3 earnings after market close Tuesday, Oct. 21, with a conference call scheduled for Wednesday, October 22 at 9:00 am ET. Guidance Analysts are...
October 21, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press issued the following on October 21.) NEW YORK — Analysts expect Norfolk Southern Corp. to report a jump in third-quarter profit when it releases results after the market closes Tuesday. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect the railroad to...
October 20, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Charlie Passut appeared on the Tidewater News website on October 17.) BOYKINS, N.C. — Local officials are hoping the area will receive some benefit from a $212 million ethanol plant proposed for Seaboard, N.C. East Coast Ethanol, LLC announced...
October 20, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Rick Brundrett appeared on The State website on October 18.) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Sweeping new federal legislation will help prevent train wrecks like the 2005 deadly Graniteville crash that killed nine and injured several hundred after a chlorine...
October 15, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Paul Paterra appeared on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on October 15.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Tony Kimmel has been a self-declared “rail buff” since he was a boy. That interest in trains brought the Johnstown man to Latrobe...
