April 3, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Janet Kelley appeared at Lancaster Online on April 2.) LANCASTER, Pa. — A federal judge has rejected the appeal of a $24.2 million verdict against two railroad companies for injuries suffered by two teenagers climbing on a train car parked near...
March 31, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Reuters circulated the following on March 28.) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp boost its 2008 capital expenditures budget by $64 million to speed up the purchase of new coal cars and take advantage of a tax deduction, the company said in a regulatory filing on...
March 28, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Andrew M. Seder appeared on the Times Leader website on March 28.) WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — The state has released more than $10 million in matching grants to assist the rail freight industry. Among the recipients are five projects in Luzerne...
March 26, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story appeared on the Chattanooga Times/Free Press website on March 25.) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A $2 billion project aimed at taking freight off tractor-trailers and putting it on rail could mean faster, longer trains barreling through North Georgia and...
March 24, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The following story appeared on the Knoxville News Sentinel website on March 23.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Railroad traffic resumed Saturday through Knoxville’s Old City as crews cleaned up a train derailment from the night before. A Norfolk Southern train jumped the...
March 24, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Angela Greiling Keane and Deirdre Bolton on March 20.) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp., which gets more of its revenue from carrying autos than any other large U.S. railroad, said its volume is being hurt by a strike...
March 24, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on March 22.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. increased its chief executive’s compensation 20.9 percent last year, according to a regulatory filing Friday. Wick Moorman received...
March 20, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Randy Griffith appeared on The Tribune-Democrat website on March 20.) JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Johnstown firefighters got to use their new hazardous materials training late Tuesday in what turned out to be a nonhazardous spill from a train derailment....
March 20, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Business Week website on March 20.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Railroad operator Norfolk Southern Corp. spent $3.1 million to lobby the federal government in 2007, according to a disclosure form. The company lobbied on various appropriations...
March 19, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 18.) GAINESVILLE, Va. — Officials say a man was seriously injured in Prince William County on Tuesday when a rail car toppled over, trapping him underneath. Kim Hylander, a spokeswoman for the Prince William...
