November 13, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: MarketWatch, November 12, 2019) NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Transportation Average slumped 12 points, or 0.1%, in morning trading Tuesday, to buck the gains in the broader market indexes, with the shares of East-coast based railroad operators CSX Corp. and...
November 12, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, November 11, 2019) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Lengthy delays can be expected, but rail service has been restored following a train derailment Friday in Hempfield, officials with Norfolk Southern Railroad announced. Full story: Pittsburgh...
November 11, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Age, November 10, 2019) NEW YORK — Three Norfolk Southern freight trains were involved in a Nov. 11 derailment in Hempfield, Pa., about three miles east of Greensburg, Pa. (near Pittsburgh), on the high-density Pittsburgh-Philadelphia double-track...
November 7, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: Editorial in the Tribune-Democrat, November 7, 2019) JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — A state transportation official offered a glimmer of optimism when announcing that Norfolk Southern Corp. had agreed to conduct a study concerning the push to expand passenger rail service...
November 6, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Altoona Mirror, November 6, 2019) ALTOONA, Pa. — The layoff of 95 more workers at the Juniata Locomotive Shop has a local labor leader wondering what’s next. Tuesday’s layoffs followed on the heels of a layoff of about 100 workers on Sept. 3. The latest...
November 6, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press, November 5, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern furloughed 58 workers Tuesday at its DeButts yard in Chattanooga as part of a company-wide cutback in diesel shop operations the railroad is making in response to a drop in...
November 1, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Times Daily, November 1, 2019) BARTON, Ala. — Residents of Pride Estates in eastern Colbert County are used to stopping at the railroad crossing near U.S. 72 for a passing Norfolk Southern freight train, but over the past few years, they’ve been...
November 1, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WDBJ, November 1, 2019) BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. — People in one Botetourt County neighborhood are fed up after stuck trains have left them stranded for hours at a time. Wednesday night, people who live off of Davis Road in Blue Ridge had to...
October 25, 2019 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, October 24, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Though Norfolk Southern is confident it will reach a sub-60% OR by 2021 as planned, analysts were incredulous as to why the railroad is not posting incremental OR progress. While rail volumes are down...
October 24, 2019 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Freight Waves, October 23, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Despite facing macroeconomic headwinds in the fourth quarter and into 2020, Norfolk Southern’s leaders insist that the eastern U.S. railroad will reach a target operating ratio (OR) of 60% by 2021. Full...
