March 17, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on March 16.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. has fewer admirers this year, according to Fortune magazine’s annual ranking of America’s most admired companies. The...
March 12, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Waylon Strickland appeared on the Circleville Herald website on March 12.) CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — Pickaway County and central Ohio are expected to become key players in the global logistics market with the opening of Norfolk Southern’s...
March 11, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Jeff Sturgeon appeared on the Roanoke Times website on March 11.) ROANOKE, Va. — Officer Pete Ramey, railroad lawman, stops three young men in a downtown Roanoke rail yard. “Stay off railroad property, all right?” he says. The men...
March 11, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Meg Kinnard on March 11.) COLUMBIA, S.C. — A textile company that closed after a train wreck and toxic chemical spill in 2005 wants the railroad to pay $420 million in damages, an attorney said Monday in opening...
March 10, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on March 8.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. appears positioned to win top honors for the best employee safety record among large U.S. railroads for the 19th year in a row. The E.H....
March 7, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Robert Bryan appeared on the Wabash Plain Dealer website on March 6.) WABASH, Ind. — Norfolk Southern crews have a huge task on their hands in cleaning up some spectacular wreckage west of Wabash where about 18 cars derailed and stacked up...
March 4, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Natasha Robinson on March 3.) DETROIT — Automated safety barricades typically reserved for directing traffic are being tested in a unique pilot program at a suburban railroad crossing to see if they can deter...
March 4, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on March 3.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Norfolk Southern today opened the Rickenbacker Intermodal Terminal near Columbus, Ohio. The $68.5 million facility allows Norfolk Southern to significantly expand its intermodal business in central...
March 4, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Peter Frost appeared on the Daily Press website on March 4.) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Norfolk Southern opened on Monday a $68.5 million rail terminal in Ohio that will handle cargo from the port of Hampton Roads and one day anchor the...
March 3, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on February 29.) Norfolk Southern Railway is getting ready to take the wraps off the first of three new intermodal terminals on the Heartland Corridor. On Monday, the Class I will launch operations at...
