January 6, 2020 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 3, 2020) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation will announce its fourth-quarter financial results during a conference call and live internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Quarterly earnings...
January 6, 2020 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Suffolk News-Herald, December 30, 2019) SUFFOLK, Va. — The source of a mysterious mist that sickened two train workers as their train passed through downtown Suffolk on Saturday evening is still undetermined, according to city officials. Full story: Suffolk...
January 6, 2020 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WJAC, January 2, 2020) ALTOONA, Pa. — A state representative wants a railroad corporation to step up, following three rounds of layoffs from Norfolk Southern’s Juniata Locomotive Shops in 2019. Full story:...
January 6, 2020 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Aiken Standard, January 6, 2020) AIKEN, S.C. — The nine lives lost is the first thing Aiken County Sheriff Michael Hunt thinks of when he remembers the deadly train derailment in Graniteville, which happened in the early morning 15 years ago today. At 2:39...
January 6, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Washington Post, January 4, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over 20,000 rail workers have lost their jobs in the past year, the biggest layoffs in rail since the Great Recession and a nearly 10 percent decline in rail employment, according to Labor Department data...
December 30, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: 13 News Now, December 29, 2019) SUFFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk Southern workers told firefighters they got sick after the train passed through what was described as a mist near the Saratoga Street rail crossing in Suffolk, Va. Full story:...
December 23, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Crain’s Detroit Business, December 19, 2019) DETROIT, Mich. — U.S. Steel Corp. plans to indefinitely idle “a significant portion” of its Great Lakes Works production facility in Ecorse and River Rouge and will issue layoff notices to 1,545...
December 18, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail, December 17, 2019) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia legislators on Tuesday objected to state plans to auction off the $32 million Heartland Intermodal Gateway, in Prichard, for as little as $1 million, after the complex shut down...
December 11, 2019 | Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, December 4, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Recent weakness in carloads and expectations for the fourth quarter of 2019 and beyond were key topics as several management teams from North America’s largest Class I railroads gathered at the Credit...
December 4, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, December 3, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern is making changes to its tariffs governing demurrage and accessorial charges, the railroad said on Dec. 1 in an operations update. Full story: Freight Waves
