December 11, 2007 | Headlines, NS, STB
(The following story by Robert Warner appeared on The Battle Creek Enquirer website on December 11.) BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A proposal to sell the railroad line between Kalamazoo and Ypsilanti has been rejected by the federal government. The tracks are owned by Norfolk...
December 7, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by David Dekok appeared on the Patriot-News website on December 7.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Norfolk Southern Railway is considering building the midstate’s first full-size wind turbine in its Enola freight yard along the Susquehanna River. The...
December 7, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The following report appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on December 6.) RICHMOND, Va. — The nation is facing a transportation crisis, the head of Norfolk Southern Corp. said here last night. Virginia and the U.S. have an aging, overloaded transportation...
November 27, 2007 | Headlines, NS, NTSB
(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on November 27.) NORFOLK, Va. — Reflecting sunlight that appeared to illuminate green in a train control signal led one Norfolk Southern Corp. freight train to collide with another in...
November 20, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(Thomson Financial circulated the following on November 19.) CHICAGO — Fitch Ratings affirmed its investment-grade ratings on Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) Corp. Monday, citing strong performance despite lagging rail freight demand. Fitch affirmed ‘BBB+’...
November 16, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Dan Nephin on November 16.) PITTSBURGH— Norfolk Southern Corp. pleaded no contest Thursday to three pollution charges and agreed to pay $7.35 million to settle related civil cases for a train derailment that...
November 15, 2007 | Headlines, NS, UP
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Erik Holm and Hugh Son on November 15.) NEW YORK — Berkshire Hathaway Inc., run by billionaire Warren Buffett, boosted its stake in home lenders U.S. Bancorp and Wells Fargo & Co., betting on the recovery of...
November 15, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on November 14.) NORFOLK, Va. — Heavy machinery grinds away brick, concrete and solid rock as a railroad tunnel near Cowan, Va., gets its roof raised to accommodate taller trains. This is the beginning of a three-year engineering...
November 13, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The following report appeared at WJBF.com on November 12.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. — Over fifty new claims were filed Friday in Aiken County against the Norfolk Southern Railroad. The plaintiffs are victims of the deadly train accident that happened in Graniteville,...
November 9, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Doyle Murphy appeared on the Times Herald-Record website on November 8.) MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — A train derailed this afternoon and blocked traffic on Wisner Avenue into the evening. A Norfolk Southern railroad official said the train was leaving...
