March 30, 2007 | BNSF, Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern and BNSF Railway circulated the following news release on March 29.) NORFOLK, Va. and FORT WORTH, Texas — Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) and BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) will begin testing a new braking system that may reduce the amount of time...
March 30, 2007 | BNSF, Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 29.) NEW YORK — Railroad operators Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. won government approval to start outfitting trains with improved brake technology, federal officials...
March 28, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The following article by Tom Shean was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on March 28.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. said Tuesday that its board increased the size of its share-repurchase program by 50 percent and shortened the term of the program...
March 27, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 27.) COLUMBUS — Six freight cars, including at least one that carried a hazardous material, derailed while a Norfolk Southern train passed through a mostly industrial area, authorities said Tuesday. No...
March 27, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Tim Sturrock appeared on the Bradenton Herald website on March 27.) BRADENTON, Fla. — Hazardous material crews were containing a 30-gallon spill of sulfuric acid at Norfolk Southern’s Brosnan Yard on Monday night, Macon-Bibb County Fire...
March 26, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Don Hopey appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on March 24.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Criminal charges have been filed against the engineer of a speeding freight train that derailed going down a treacherous stretch of track off Keating...
March 23, 2007 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(The following article by Gregory Richards was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on March 23.) NORFOLK, Va. — David R. Goode, who retired as Norfolk Southern Corp.’s chairman in January 2006, received total compensation of $24.4 million from the railroad...
March 22, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The Virginian-Pilot posted the following article on its website on March 22.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp.’s rail freight tonnage has dropped as much as 4 percent this quarter, Chief Financial Officer Henry Wolf said Wednesday, without giving a reason...
March 21, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The following article by Leigh Ann Wells was posted on the Appalachian News-Express on March 21.) WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Norfolk Southern Railroad officials are working on a major project that will enlarge train tunnels along the Heartland Corridor and several of...
March 21, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The Virginian-Pilot posted the following article by Gregory Richards on its website on March 21.) SUFFOLK, Va. — Trains began rumbling through here at 1:20 a.m. Tuesday, less than 24 hours after a coal train derailed near Suffolk Golf Course. The mishap dumped...
