January 8, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following report by Shalah Sasse appeared at WRDW.com on January 7.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. — It’s been three years since the deadly train wreck and chlorine spill in Graniteville that took nine lives, left hundreds injured, and changed the face of the small...
January 7, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Titan Barksdale appeared on the News & Observer website on January 7.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hazardous-materials crews were called to clean up an ethanol leak Sunday from a railroad tank car at Norfolk Southern in Raleigh. Robin Chapman, a...
January 4, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Sammy Fretwell appeared on The State website on January 4.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. — People who found themselves near a tragic 2005 chemical spill in Graniteville suffered breathing problems long after poisonous chlorine gas dissipated, according...
January 3, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The following report appeared on the Munster Times website on January 3.) PORTAGE, Ind. — What made a locomotive and 10 cars carrying freight jump the tracks Dec. 21 is still under investigation. Rudy Husband, spokesman for Norfolk Southern railroad, said Wednesday...
January 2, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot on December 29.) NORFOLK, Va. — David R. Goode was a railroad man for 41 years, working his way up to be president, chief executive and chairman of Norfolk Southern Corp. Nearly two years into...
January 2, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following editorial appeared on the Commercial Appeal website on January 2.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For local government officials, dealing with railroad companies requires a certain amount of finesse. Because railroads are federally regulated, city and county...
January 2, 2008 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Jane Roberts appeared on the Commercial Appeal website on January 1.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In 2008, city leaders expect Norfolk Southern will finalize plans to move its intermodal yard from Midtown to Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park, freeing...
December 28, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Huey Freeman appeared on the Bloomington Pantagraph website on December 27.) MONTICELLO, Ill. — Authorities in Monticello and Piatt County are investigating the derailment of 22 rail cars and the two locomotives of a Norfolk Southern train...
December 27, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by John Byrne appeared on the Gary Post-Tribune website on December 23.) BURNS HARBOR, Ind. — UPS workers continued their mission to save the holidays Saturday, sifting through the debris of a derailed freight train in search of waylaid nuggets of...
December 27, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Tom Holden appeared on the Virginian-Pilot website on December 27.) VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Beach wants a $15 million grant from the Virginia Department of Transportation to help pay for the rail line that runs between Newtown and...
