August 12, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by A.J. Panian appeared on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on August 12.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Thomas O’Rourke complained in February to Latrobe City Council about what he considers to be the substandard conditions of several Norfolk...
August 12, 2008 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Judy Rife appeared on the Times Herald Record website on August 12.) WALDWICK, N.J. — Commuters who use the Port Jervis line should find trains running on schedule for the morning rush Tuesday. NJ Transit, which operates the line for...
August 11, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Anne Blythe appeared on the News-Observer website on August 9.) DURHAM, N.C. — It looks like a posse of crazed beavers attacked the main rail line through Durham, leaving behind a trail of ravaged stumps and limbs. In fact, the arboreal...
August 8, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following editorial appeared on the Patriot News website on August 8.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Too many Americans are inclined to believe that there’s something shady going on with the price of oil. and somewhere, somehow, there is a simple and easy means of...
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...
