February 29, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Reuters circulated the following on February 28.) CHICAGO — The aging U.S. infrastructure needs billions of dollars of new investment and repairs from roads to rails, ports and the electrical grid, executives told the Reuters Manufacturing Summit this week. That huge...
February 28, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Reuters circulated the following on October 27.) CHICAGO —The struggling U.S. housing market may not recover until some point in 2009, the top executive at U.S. railroad Norfolk Southern Corp. said on Wednesday. “Our best guess is … the housing thing is...
February 26, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following report appeared at WKYC.com on February 26.) GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio — Garfield Heights police Capt. Robert Sackett says a Garfield Heights woman, 22, will be charged with child endangering and failing to obey the train crossing signals. A police officer...
February 26, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on February 26.) NORFOLK, Va. — Major roads in Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Suffolk will soon be blocked more often by trains as rail traffic starts from APM Terminals’ new container...
February 26, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern Corp. issued the following on February 25.) NORFOLK, Va. — Karen N. Horn, a partner with Brock Capital Group LLC, has been elected a director of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC), Chairman and CEO Wick Moorman announced today. Horn has been a...
February 22, 2008 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(The following editorial appeared on The Herald-Dispatch website on February 21.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — An article in the Wall Street Journal last week described how American railroads are spending billions of dollars to upgrade their corridors. According to the...
February 21, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Tim Thornton appeared on the Roanoke Times website on February 21.) ROANOKE, Va. — The excavator’s big yellow arm reached out, then up, extending two wheels of whirling metal teeth toward the ceiling of Cowan tunnel. When they got there,...
February 19, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 18.) ROANOKE, Va. — State and railroad officials say improvements to a rail bottleneck in western Virginia will help cut truck traffic on Interstate 81. Crews are beginning work this month on the project...
February 19, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on February 15.) Norfolk Southern Corp. said the U.S. Justice Department might allege the Norfolk-based railroad violated federal environmental laws in a January 2005 derailment and chemical spill in South...
February 15, 2008 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(The North Carolina Department of Transportation issued the following on February 15.) RALEIGH, N.C. — The N.C. Department of Transportation recently completed a $7 million train signal and track project between downtown Raleigh and downtown Cary that will enhance...
