July 5, 2019 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, July 3, 2019) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation will announce its second-quarter financial results during a conference call and live internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Quarterly earnings...
July 5, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: The Charleston Gazette, July 3, 2019) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Once touted as a key economic development tool for southwestern and central West Virginia, the $32 million Heartland Intermodal Gateway is likely to shut down this fall, and go on the auction block...
July 3, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Huntington Herald-Dispatch, July 2, 2019) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After several years of losing money, the state-owned Heartland Intermodal Gateway (HIG) facility in Prichard appears headed toward privatization. Full story: Huntington...
July 2, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Virginian Pilot, July 1, 2019) NORFOLK, Va. — Cleanup crews working in the Great Dismal Swamp removed about 15 truck loads of coal over the weekend, said Chris Lowie, the swamp’s refuge manager. A Norfolk Southern train derailed June 25, spilling about...
July 1, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 28, 2019) Today, Norfolk Southern Railway will begin rolling out its new precision scheduled railroad operating plan known as TOP21, the Class I announced yesterday in a customer service alert. Full story: Progressive...
June 28, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: American Journal of Transportation, June 27, 2019) CHICAGO — Freight rail shippers concerned about the impacts of precision scheduled railroading (PSR) will gather July 15-16 for the annual Summer Meeting of the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers (MARS)....
June 27, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, June 26, 2019) CHESAPEAKE — A coal train has derailed in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia, raising concerns about its wildlife and the fragile peat soil that has accumulated there over the course of centuries. Full...
June 26, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: Virginian-Pilot, June 25, 2019) NORFOLK, Va. — Amtrak service to and from Norfolk is canceled again Wednesday after a Norfolk Southern coal train derailed near the Portlock area of Chesapeake just before 4:20 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to a Norfolk...
June 26, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Pennsylvania Record, June 26, 2019) PHILADELPHIA — A New Jersey man alleges his employer attempted to interfere with his medical care when he was injured while working. According to the complaint, the plaintiff was employed by the defendant Conrail as a...
June 26, 2019 | Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, June 25, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — An additional $300 billion in proposed U.S. tariffs against China could result in lower railroad freight volume in the agricultural, manufacturing and intermodal sectors, but economic uncertainty and...
