September 15, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on September 13.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. will research battery-powered electric locomotives with funding from a new $50,000 grant, the Federal Railroad Administration announced Friday. The...
September 12, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Tim Thornton appeared on the Roanoke Times website on September 11.) ROANOKE, Va. — The state’s plan to give Norfolk Southern Corp. more than $31 million to build an intermodal rail yard in Elliston violates Virginia’s constitution...
September 12, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 11.) CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — Montgomery County officials have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the state’s plan to spend $40 million on a new Norfolk Southern rail yard. A county spokeswoman said Thursday...
September 8, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Rich Davis appeared on the Evansville Courier Press website on September 6.) EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Indiana State Police in Jasper are investigating the theft of $7,500 in items from an office at the Norfolk Southern Rail Yard in Huntingburg. The...
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...
