January 26, 2007 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(The following story by Don Willis appeared on The Ironton Tribune website on January 25.) IRONTON, Ohio — About every two hours in the United States, a person or vehicle is hit by a train. As staggering as that may seem, the number is actually a dramatic reduction...
January 26, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Kirsten Stanley appeared on The Ironton Tribune website on January 25. Tim Hanely is the BLET’s Ohio State Legislative Board Chairman.) IRONTON, Ohio — Counselors are on hand at Ironton Junior High today helping students cope with the...
January 26, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on January 25.) NEW YORK — Shares of Norfolk Southern Corp. closed lower Thursday for the second straight session, after Credit Suisse downgraded the railroad operator on its weak quarterly report and lackluster...
January 26, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Walt Frank appeared on the Altoona Mirror website on January 26.) ALTOONA, Pa. — Norfolk Southern Corp., which Wednesday announced record net income for the fourth quarter and for 2006, plans to expand its work force at the Juniata Locomotive...
January 25, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The following story by Jamie Satterfield appeared on the Knoxville News website on January 25.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Warning: Reading this story could make you afraid to go outside. You just never know what’s out there in the air. Acid rain. Sulfuric acid. Sulfur...
January 25, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Sonja Barisic on January 24.) NORFOLK, Va. — Railroad operator Norfolk Southern Corp. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit rose 6 percent, as record revenue from coal shipments offset a decline in freight...
January 24, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(Norfolk Southern Corp. issued the following release on January 24.) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today reported record fourth-quarter 2006 net income of $385 million, an increase of 6 percent compared with $362 million for fourth-quarter...
January 23, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The following column by Ben Price appeared on the Roanoke Times website on January 23. Price is projects director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, based in Chambersburg, Pa.) ROANOKE, Va. — The controversy over Norfolk Southern Corp. building an...
January 23, 2007 | Headlines, NS, UP
(Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern issued the following release on January 22.) OMAHA, Neb. and NORFOLK, Va. — Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway announced today that on Feb. 19, they will launch a new intermodal train service that will add train...
January 15, 2007 | Headlines, NS
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 14.) LINCOLN, Ala. — Some Lincoln residents are still waiting for a road promised by authorities after a hazardous train collision nearly a year ago raised the need for an alternate escape route....
