December 12, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 12, 2018) ATLANTA, Ga. — The alliance between the Gold Dome and Atlanta City Hall that helped forge a publicly-financed plan to build a mini-city atop downtown’s long-neglected Gulch also laid the tracks to snag a...
December 12, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 11, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — Gov. Nathan Deal and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms are expected Wednesday to formally announce a completed deal to relocate the headquarters of railroad giant Norfolk Southern to Atlanta,...
December 11, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern Service Alert, December 10, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — NS will not accept trains at interchange from 7:00 a.m., Monday, December 24th through 10:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 25th. NS operations will cease at 4:00 p.m., Monday, December 24 through...
December 7, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Daily Press, December 6, 2018) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp.’s plans to move its headquarters to Atlanta continue to solidify. So much so that Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms thanked the railroad with a “welcome to Atlanta” on...
December 4, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 3, 2018) GAINESVILLE, Ga. — State officials unveiled plans Monday to build a $90 million inland port — on land connected to one of Gov. Nathan Deal’s top allies — that’s designed to improve access to Savannah’s booming...
November 27, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Age, November 26, 2018) NEW YORK — Many people probably thought that when Amtrak President and CEO Richard Anderson rejected a request from the United States Marine Corps. to run this year’s Toys for Tots train, a lot of poor kids would be...
November 26, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, November 21, 2018) PITTSBURGH — A freight train that tumbled over tracks at Station Square in August, barely missing a Port Authority of Allegheny County light rail station and disrupting T service from the station for weeks, was...
November 20, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Lehigh Valley Live, November 19, 2018) EASTON, Pa. — A runaway tank car took a trip on the rails Sunday from Emmaus to Bethlehem. Rail cars were delivered last Tuesday to an interchange point in Emmaus for a short line railroad, said Norfolk Southern...
November 19, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WDEF, November 16, 2018) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern Railroad will pay a $60,000 fine for damages caused by a deliberate spill of diesel fuel by a contractor last January. According to an investigation by the Tennessee Department...
November 12, 2018 | Headlines, NS, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Reading Eagle, November 9, 2018) READING, Pa. — It’s difficult to go anywhere in Reading without crossing railroad tracks, and it’s tempting for pedestrians to take shortcuts by cutting across railways outside of designated crossings. Full story:...
