August 7, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Dianne E. Selden appeared on the Springfield News-Sun website on August 7.) SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Five railroad crossings soon will be closed permanently as part of a city-wide effort to improve railroad safety and to help quiet train noise near...
August 7, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Paul Darst appeared on the State Journal website on August 7.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Rails around the nation have been rumbling more in recent years than they have in a long time. After decades of decline, railroads are making a comeback as a...
August 7, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Mark Todd appeared on the Star Beacon website on August 6.) ASHTABULA, Ohio — Tuesday morning’s silo fire has crippled boat-loading operations at the Norfolk Southern coal facility at the mouth of the Ashtabula River, according to an NS...
August 7, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Tim Doulin appeared on the Columbus Dispatch website on August 5.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — The gates to halt traffic came down as the train rolled down the track toward the crossing on Fairwood Avenue at Refugee Road. That didn’t stop a black...
August 6, 2008 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Peter Krouse appeared on the Plain Dealer website on August 5.) CLEVELAND — Meet the new port — not the same as the old port. A conceptual draft for a proposed new Port of Cleveland, to be located at East 55th Street, was revealed today. Gone...
August 5, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Scott Harper appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on August 5.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. has given up its development rights on 12,488 acres of ecologically important forest and wilderness in South Carolina, a donation described...
August 4, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Kathy Adams appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on August 2.) NORFOLK, Va. — A facility that helped elevate Norfolk’s status among East Coast ports will come to an explosive end Sunday. For about 70 years, the Sewell s Point grain...
August 4, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 1.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Railroad Norfolk Southern Corp. spent nearly $1.7 million in the second quarter to lobby on rail infrastructure expansion, environmental matters and other issues, according to a recent...
August 1, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by John Walk appeared on the Intelligencer Journal website on August 1.) LANCASTER, Pa. — Now that Providence Township owns the segment of the Enola Low-Grade Line within its borders, officials want to save one of the abandoned railroad’s...
August 1, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story appeared on the Knoxville News Sentinel website on July 31.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — To expedite the movement of freight trains through Knox County, Norfolk Southern Corp. said Thursday it will raise track speed at four highway-rail grade crossings...
