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
January 28, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, January 24, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern posted strong fourth quarter and full 2018 results thanks to gains in its intermodal and coal car businesses. It further consoled investors as it said it was well on its way to 2020 plan...
January 25, 2019 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Associated Press, January 24, 2019) OMAHA, Neb. — Norfolk Southern Corp. said it hauled in 44 percent more fourth-quarter profit as volume increased 3 percent and the railroad increased shipping prices. The company said Thursday it had $702 million net...
January 25, 2019 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 25, 2019) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation today reported fourth-quarter and 2018 financial results. Net income was $702 million and diluted earnings per share were $2.57 for the fourth quarter and $2,666...
January 24, 2019 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 23, 2019) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation announced that its board of directors today approved an 8 percent increase in its quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock, from 80 to 86 cents per share....
January 16, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: www.nwitimes.com, January 16, 2018) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Indiana Supreme Court last year ruled that local police are barred by federal law from issuing $200 tickets to railroad operators when their trains block street crossings for longer than 10 minutes....