February 19, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Virginian-Pilot, February 16, 2019) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern has a plan to get leaner and it involves having 3,000 fewer workers by 2021. The company recently announced its plan to satisfy Wall Street by shrinking its operating ratio to 60 by 2021. The...
February 15, 2019 | Headlines, NS, Railroad Security
(Source: Associated Press, February 14, 2019) CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted a 36-year-old man who was linked to the theft of 27 handguns and six assault rifles from a train at a Norfolk Southern rail yard in Chicago. Full story: Daily...
February 13, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, February 12, 2019) CHICAGO — A trial linked to the theft of 27 handguns and six assault rifles from a train at a Norfolk Southern rail yard in Chicago has started in federal court. Full story: CBS Chicago
February 12, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, February 11, 2019) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern railroad expects to become significantly more efficient by 2021, and operate with 3,000 fewer employees and 500 fewer locomotives. Full story: News & Observer
February 11, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: PR Watch, February 7, 2019) NEW YORK — Since 2000, corporate members of ALEC piled up almost $150 million in fines, penalties, and court settlements in cases involving racial and age discrimination and harassment. ALEC is the American Legislative Exchange...
February 11, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, February 11, 2019) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today will provide details of its strategic plan – focused on increased productivity, efficiency, and revenue growth, and targeting an operating ratio...
February 8, 2019 | Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Baltimore Sun, February 7, 2019) BALTIMORE, Md. — A Norfolk Southern employee was fatally struck by a train in Baltimore Thursday morning. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending investigators to review the incident, which it said was an...
February 7, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: KDKA, February 6, 2019) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The Port Authority says it wants Norfolk Southern Railroad to reimburse them for last year’s train derailment at Station Square. A report from Norfolk Southern found a cracked rail caused one of its trains to jump the...
February 6, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Editorial in the Bristol Herald Courier, February 6, 2019) BRISTOL, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern is on a mission, and no one (or thing) is going to stop them. That’s the simplified message given from the railroad company to Salvation Army in Bristol, Tennessee....
January 31, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: The Daily News, January 30, 2019) LETCHWORTH STATE PARK, N.Y. — By a conservative estimate, the Genesee Arch Bridge may have seen about 4,380 trains in its first year of service. Full story: The Daily News
