July 3, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Deanne Johnson appeared on The Morning Journal website on July 3.) SALEM, Ohio — At least 20 train cars derailed in Salem after one train reportedly had to stop quickly and another train struck it from behind Wednesday evening. Salem Police...
July 2, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on July 1.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) will present its second-quarter 2008 earnings at 9 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 23, via teleconference and live Internet webcast. Norfolk Southern expects to issue its...
June 30, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Jerry L. Gleason appeared on The Patriot-News website on June 28.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Sometimes sneaky works. Sometimes it falls flat on its face. Carlos Baiza had an underground plan to bypass officials and slip a piece of Philadelphia’s...
June 26, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 25.) NEW YORK — Attorneys for a railroad involved in a deadly South Carolina train wreck and chemical spill want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the company of violating a federal pollution law....
June 25, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Kimm R. Montone appeared on the Citizens’ Voice website on June 25.) GLENBURN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A train carrying chemicals and other freight jumped off its rails late Monday, prompting a massive response from area emergency crews and leaving a...
June 24, 2008 | Headlines, NS, UP
(Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern issued the following on June 23.) OMAHA, Neb., and NORFOLK, Va. — Automotive manufacturers now have the ability to take advantage of each other’s rail car capacity to deliver finished vehicles to market faster and more efficiently....
June 23, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Bernard Harris appeared on the Lancaster New Era website on June 20.) LANCASTER, Pa. — Experts told residents of the School Lane Hills and Barrcrest neighborhoods Thursday night that they would not be able to hear the trains at the proposed...
June 23, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 22.) HAMMOND, Ind. — Railroad companies have piled up nearly 2,000 unpaid traffic tickets for blocking crossings for half an hour or longer, according to a consortium of northwest Indiana cities. Norfolk Southern...
June 20, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on June 20.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. expects its coal exports to increase more than 50 percent this year over 2007, said Wick Moorman, the Norfolk-based railroad’s...
June 19, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Bernard Harris appeared on the Lancaster New Era website on June 18.) LANCASTER, Pa. — Cleaner air, less trucks on area roads and prospering businesses — those are among the benefits Franklin & Marshall College officials claim will come...
