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...
October 10, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on October 10.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — More of South Carolina’s coastal plain near Charleston, containing some of the most important ecosystems in the U.S., will be protected permanently from development. The Lowcountry Open Land...
October 10, 2008 | Headlines, KCS, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 9.) NEW YORK — Mississippi Department of Transportation officials say about 130 crossings have been upgraded on Kansas City Southern Railway, Norfolk Southern Corporation and CSX Transportation lines. Of 55...
October 7, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Susan Brown appeared on The Times website on October 7.) HAMMOND, Ind. — The state will receive the bulk of a $50,000 ticket settlement between the Lake Country prosecutor’s office and Norfolk Southern Railroad. With the court approving...
October 6, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Daily Press website on November 6.) With a flick of his left thumb, Danny Karnes belts out two booming howls from his thundering whistle, then a short one followed by another long blast. The gray-haired, bespectacled train engineer is...
October 6, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Michael Schroeder appeared on The Journal Gazette website on October 4.) FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A new state rule – expected to take effect by the end of the year – will require local health departments to inspect rail camp-car systems when they...
October 6, 2008 | Headlines, NS, STB
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Traffic World website on October 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Norfolk Southern Railway’s bid to unite with Pan Am Railways in a New England joint venture network will go slower than first expected, after the Surface...
