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...
July 31, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Shawna Morrison appeared on the Roanoke Times website on July 30.) ROANOKE, Va. — Several cars of a coal train headed toward Norfolk derailed in Montgomery County on Tuesday night, a Norfolk Southern Corp. spokeswoman said. The derailment...
July 30, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 29.) Norfolk Southern Railway, North Carolina Railroad Co. (NCRR) and the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Rail Division are teaming up to upgrade 43 public grade crossings...
July 30, 2008 | Headlines, NS, Railroad Security
(Nice Systems issued the following on July 29.) NORFOLK, Va. — NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE), the global provider of advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight from Interactions to drive performance, today announced it has won a 7-digit follow-on...
July 29, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by P.J. Reilly and John Walk appeared on the Intelligencer Journal website on July 29.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Twenty-three miles of the abandoned Enola Low-Grade Line in southern Lancaster County today are under municipal ownership. At a gathering in...
July 29, 2008 | Headlines, NS, NTSB
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 28.) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently determined a Norfolk Southern Railway derailment that occurred in New Brighton, Pa., in October 2006 was caused by an inadequate rail...
July 25, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story appeared on The Herald-Dispatch website on July 25.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — WHAT IS IT? The Heartland Corridor project involves improvements in railways between the Virginia coast and Columbus, Ohio, so that trains can carry more goods. Twenty-eight...
