July 24, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following column by Christopher Barker appeared on the Motley Fool website on July 23.) NEW YORK — Thankfully for many Midwesterners, the floodwaters that ravaged their homes and destroyed nearby crops last month receded about as quickly as they rose. While...
July 24, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on July 24.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp.’s trains may soon be hauling Volkswagens, as one of the Norfolk-based railroad’s main lines runs past the Chattanooga,...
July 24, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Reuters circulated the following on July 23.) CHICAGO — Global demand for U.S. coal should remain strong “through 2010 and beyond,” the top executive of U.S. railroad Norfolk Southern Corp. said on Wednesday. “We have seen no indication that this...
July 23, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Angela Greiling Keane on July 22.) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp., the fourth- largest U.S. railroad, said second-quarter profit rose 15 percent as increased demand for moving coal and agricultural products boosted...
July 23, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on July 22.) NORFOLK, VA. — For the second quarter of 2008, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) reported record net income of $453 million, or $1.18 per diluted share, compared with $394 million, or $0.98 per diluted...
July 23, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on July 23.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp., the nation’s fourth largest railroad, said Tuesday that its second quarter profit rose 15 percent on increased shipments of coal,...
July 22, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on July 22.) CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Something unusual was attached to the Norfolk Southern Corp. train headed out of Portlock Yard on a recent Friday morning. The boxy rail car hanging on the...
July 21, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 20.) NORFOLK, Va. — Investors get a look at how well railroad Norfolk Southern Corp. is doing financially this week. Norfolk Southern is due to report its second-quarter results after the stock market closes...
July 18, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Jeff Sturgeon appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on July 17.) RICHMOND, Va. — The 90 or so public officials and others aboard a rail-safety excursion out of Roanoke on Wednesday received all the latest casualty statistics on...
July 17, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story appeared at WDBJ7.com on July 16. Danny Buck is a member of BLET Division 301 in Roanoke, Va.) ROANOKE, Va. — A Norfolk Southern train struck and killed a man Tuesday night in Roanoke. Ironically, the train is the same one Norfolk Southern uses to...
