October 1, 2020 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, September 30, 2020) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation will announce its third-quarter financial results during a conference call and live internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Quarterly...
September 28, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, NS
(Source: S&P Global Platts, September 25, 2020) HOUSTON — U.S. railroad coal volumes are expected to jump over the next year following better demand conditions, albeit only temporarily, the Benchmark Company said this week. Full story: S&P Global...
September 28, 2020 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, September 24, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Friday will be the last day for the hump at Norfolk Southern’s Enola yard in Pennsylvania. Instead of using the hump, Norfolk Southern (NS) will sort and attach railcars to outbound trains using flat...
September 18, 2020 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern service alert, September 17, 2020) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern is actively monitoring the remnants of Hurricane Sally as the storm moves across the southern portion of our network. NS’ operations in its Mobile, Alabama, yard have resumed....
September 15, 2020 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern Service Alert, September 14, 2020) NORFOLK, Va. — Tropical Storm Sally is strengthening in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to make landfall Tuesday, Sept. 15, as a Category 1 hurricane over the southeastern coast of Louisiana. The Flood...
September 15, 2020 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, September 14, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Several U.S. Class I railroad operations are preparing to safeguard their networks ahead of Hurricane Sally’s anticipated landfall on Tuesday. The National Hurricane Center on Monday morning issued a...
September 3, 2020 | Headlines, NS
(Source: S&P Global Platts, September 2, 2020) HOUSTON — Coal exports out of the Hampton Roads terminals in Virginia reached a five-month high 2.3 million st in July, up 47.7% from June, Virginia Maritime Association data showed Sept. 2. Full story: S&P...
August 28, 2020 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern Service Alert, August 27, 2020) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern continues to monitor Hurricane Laura, which made landfall early Thursday morning, bringing heavy rainfall and wind to the Gulf Coast area. The New Orleans Flood Protection...
August 19, 2020 | Headlines, KCS, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, August 18, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Freight railroads and the plastics industry have started to work together to address a side effect of North America’s booming plastics production: the dispersion of wayward plastic pellets in transit. Full...
August 5, 2020 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, August 4, 2020) NEW YORK — After a year of leading NS’s “clean sheeting” initiative in a consulting role, Michael A. Farrell was named senior vice president transportation in Nov. 2018, then appointed senior vice president of...
