February 1, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: NBC Chicago, January 30, 2021) CHICAGO — A police officer with the Norfolk Southern Railroad exchanged gunfire with a suspect Saturday evening in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on Chicago’s Southwest Side, authorities stated. Full story: NBC...
January 29, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Post and Courier, January 28, 2021) NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina legislators are looking to borrow up to $550 million to help pay for a pair of projects that would help move cargo at the Port of Charleston and its newest shipping terminal. Full...
January 28, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, January 27, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern has begun to focus more on lengthening trains and increasing train weights as a way to keep costs down and increase network productivity, according to executives on the company’s...
January 27, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 27, 2021) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation today reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2020 financial results. Fourth-quarter net income was $671 million, diluted earnings per share were $2.64, and the...
January 18, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, January 17, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — UPS and Norfolk Southern said they are looking into whether employee health data was compromised after hackers posted medical records of truck drivers and rail workers to a leak site following an apparent...
January 13, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Age, January 21, 2021) NEW YORK — The Pennsylvania State Transportation Commission has approved distribution of $31.3 million for 26 freight rail improvement projects through the Rail Transportation Assistance Program (RTAP) and the Rail Freight...
December 2, 2020 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Chronicle Telegram, December 2, 2020) AMHERST, Ohio — Ten train cars derailed around 1 p.m. Tuesday in the midst of a winter storm that slammed Lorain County with snow and ice. An eastbound Norfolk Southern train heading from Elkhart, Indiana, to Binghamton,...
December 2, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Savannah Morning News, December 1, 2020) SAVANNAH, Ga. — October proved to be another busy month for the Port of Savannah with container volumes reaching 464,095 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), up 35,714 TEUs or 8.3% compared to the same month...
December 2, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Age, December 1, 2020) NEW YORK — Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has completed track installation to link the Garden City Terminal’s Chatham and Mason Mega rail yards, which it said boosts on-terminal storage capacity 35% and helps accommodate nearly...
December 2, 2020 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Sandusky Register, December 2, 2020) GROTON TWP., Ohio — Norfolk Southern Railway has apparently laid off dozens of workers over the past few months at the Moorman Yard terminal outside Bellevue. Dave Sabo, Bellevue’s economic development director, said...
