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NS to host 3Q conference call Oct. 24

(Norfolk Southern issued the following on October 3.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation will present its third-quarter 2007 earnings at 9 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, via teleconference and live Internet webcast. The company expects to issue its...

NS, UP offer on-time service guarantee

(Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern issued the following on October 1.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) today announced new westbound intermodal train service that will shorten by a day the trip for standard intermodal freight from...

NS may have to drop camp cars

(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Angela Greiling Keane on September 27.) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp., the fourth- largest U.S. railroad, may have to house traveling track workers in hotels, not so-called camp cars, under legislation advancing in...

Pa. BLET announces support for NS I-81 Crescent Corridor

(The BLET’s Pennsylvania State Legislative Board issued the following on September 26.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — An ambitious, interstate railway corridor is underway by the Class I railroad, Norfolk Southern. The corridor will link key markets in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic...

NS, Miss. officials differ on derail notification

(The following story by Steve Sanders appeared on the Leader Call website on September 27.) LAUREL, Miss. — Jones County emergency management officials contend that Norfolk Southern Corp. was required to notify them of a seven-car Norfolk Southern Corp. derailment...

Ala. officials warn about railroad dangers

(The following story by Jonathan Willis appeared on the Times Daily website on September 27. Tim Wagnon is a Norfolk Southern engineer and a member of BLET Division 423 in Tuscumbia, Ala.) FLORENCE, Ala. — Motorists at the railroad crossing here were greeted Wednesday...

Pa. city to loan NS $1.2 million for rail bridge

(The following story by Barbara Miller appeared on The Patriot-News website on September 26.) LEBANON, Pa. — The long-awaited project to build bridges over the Norfolk Southern rail tracks on the city’s main north/south thoroughfare moved forward Monday night as City...

Rail traffic in mid-Pa. expected to grow

(The following story by Dan Miller appeared on The Patriot-News website on September 24.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — The costs of railroad infrastructure investments that will be needed in specific regions of the country are not spelled out in a study done for the American...

Reality derails NS lesson on accidents

(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on September 22.) NORFOLK, Va. — After helping show others how to respond to railroad accidents, Norfolk Southern Corp. learned a lesson of its own. On Monday, the Norfolk-based railroad...

NS derailment in Miss. under investigation

(The following story by Terry L. Jones appeared on the Hattiesburg American website on September 21.) LAUREL, Miss. — The cause of the derailment here of seven Norfolk Southern train cars Wednesday is under investigation, officials said Thursday. But officials now...