May 23, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press issued the following on May 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Railroad operator Norfolk Southern spent nearly $1.5 million to lobby against legislation that would limit the industry’s antitrust exemptions and other issues in the first quarter of the...
May 22, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on May 221.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation has put into service the first of the new Uni-Level railcars supplied by TTX Company. Last week, Norfolk Southern loaded the first 13 of 55 Uni-Level cars received from...
May 22, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Rick Yencer appeared on the Star Press website on May 21.) EATON, Ind. — Starting Tuesday, Norfolk Southern will raise its track speed to 50 miles an hour to expedite as many as 30 trains through town a day. Advertisement The train line will...
May 21, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 20.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Berks County woman is charged with throwing her 4-year-old son onto railroad tracks and then jumping into the Schuylkill River. The crew of a Norfolk Southern freight train spotted the pair...
May 21, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on May 21.) MECHANICVILLE, Pa. — Norfolk Southern Railway Co. is buying a 50 percent stake in a historic rail line linking Mechanicville and Ayer, Mass., outside Boston, in a bid to boost...
May 19, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by P.J. Reilly appeared on the Intelligencer Journal website on May 16.) LANCASTER, Pa. — It’s been 19 years since Conrail first moved to abandon the train tracks that stretch across southern Lancaster County. And ever since then, the owner...
May 16, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern and Pan Am Railways issued the following on May 15.) NORTH BILLERICA, Mass. and NORFOLK, Va. — Pan Am Railways (PAR) and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) have agreed to create an improved rail route between Albany, N.Y., and the greater Boston,...
May 16, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on May 16.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. announced plans Thursday to invest $140 million to acquire a 50 percent stake in the rail line between Albany, N.Y., and the Boston...
May 15, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot on May 15.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. was awarded the rail industry’s top honor for employee safety on Wednesday for the 19th consecutive year. The Norfolk-based railroad...
May 14, 2008 | Headlines, NS, NTSB
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on May 14.) NORFOLK Va. — Federal investigators on Tuesday pinned the blame for the 2006 derailment of a Norfolk Southern Corp. ethanol train in New Brighton, Pa., on an...
