September 8, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Kathy Adams appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on September 6.) NORFOLK, Va. — Arguing that state funding for a Norfolk Southern rail terminal in Montgomery County violates the Virginia Constitution, county officials plan to sue to derail...
September 8, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on September 5.) NORFOLK, Va. — As the U.S. Congress pushes the use of ethanol to counter high gasoline prices, a city 10 miles from the Capitol in Washington is pushing back. Residents of Alexandria, Virginia, are up in arms...
September 5, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Laura Oleniacz appeared on The Winchester Star website on September 4.) BERRYVILLE, Va. — Residents questioned Norfolk Southern Corp. representatives Thursday during a meeting to explain the company’s plans for rail expansion in Clarke County....
September 3, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(Article appeared on the Progressive Railroading.com web page on September 2) Norfolk Southern Railway has petitioned the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to re-examine and amend its conclusion regarding the cause of an October 2006 derailment in New...
September 2, 2008 | Headlines, NS, NTSB
(The following story by Larissa Theodore appeared on the New Brighton Times website on August 31.) NEW BRIGHTON, Pa. — Big Rock Park in New Brighton was heavily damaged in 2006 when Norfolk Southern Railway Co. cars carrying ethanol tumbled from a trestle along the...
August 27, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 26.) CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — Montgomery County officials say they will seek to block construction of a new Norfolk Southern rail yard. The county supervisors said in a statement Tuesday they plan to file a lawsuit...
August 27, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Sandusky Register website on August 26.) VERMILION, Ohio — A Norfolk Southern employee fell from a railroad trestle Monday night into the Vermilion River. The man separated his shoulder and suffered some scrapes, police Chief Robert Kish...
August 25, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Liz Fabian appeared at Macon.com on August 23.) MACON, Ga. — Bibb County firefighters extinguished a fire in a railroad coal freight car Friday morning on the tracks near Norfolk Southern’s Brosnan Yard in the industrial sector of...
August 22, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 21.) JAMES CITY, N.C. — The collapse of a 100-foot railroad bridge has disrupted train service between New Bern and the port at Morehead City, a route that includes Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point Marine bases....
August 21, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Sue Book appeared on the New Bern Sun Journal website on August 20.) NEW BERN, N.C. — Replacement of a collapsed Norfolk Southern Railway bridge over Scotts Creek in James City is still on track for completion on Friday. On Wednesday, Norfolk...
