September 7, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, September 5, 2018) BOSTON — Even at an investors’ conference sponsored by Cowen Inc. in Boston, Norfolk Southern couldn’t get away from CSX. Full story: Freight Waves
September 6, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, NS
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 5, 2018) Norfolk Southern Railway and Amtrak yesterday announced service alerts for trains operating in Gulf Coast areas that potentially could be affected by Tropical Depression Gordon. Full story: Progressive...
September 4, 2018 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(Source: Fairfield Current, September 1, 2018) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp. VP Cynthia C. Earhart sold 2,370 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 29. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.09, for a total value of...
September 4, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern service alert, September 4, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern is monitoring Tropical Storm Gordon’s path towards the central Gulf Coast and evaluating the potential impact the heavy rain may have on operations in and around New Orleans,...
August 29, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, August 26, 2018) CHICAGO — Even with temperatures soaring into the 90s, people young and old lined up early Sunday outside the West Englewood Community Center for an “anti-bait truck” shoe giveaway organized in response to a Norfolk...
August 24, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, August 23, 2018) CHICAGO — Up to 6,000 pairs of shoes will be given away Sunday in Englewood from “anti-bait trucks” through an event organized after a sting by Norfolk Southern to catch thieves in the neighborhood was widely criticized....
August 20, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, August 11, 2018) CHICAGO — Norfolk Southern Railroad has apologized for using a bait truck loaded with shoes to lure potential thieves on Chicago’s South Side, and prosecutors have dropped charges against three people arrested during...
August 10, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: CBS Chicago, August 9, 2018) CHICAGO — A major railroad is fighting back against accusations it’s trying to lure people into stealing goods from freight cars. Norfolk Southern officials said they are using so-called “bait trucks” to stop thefts, but insisted...
August 9, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, August 8, 2018) CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department and Norfolk Southern Railroad are under fire after videos of a sting operation in which so-called “bait trucks” were parked in Englewood in an attempt to nab would-be thieves went...
August 8, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 7, 2018) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Pittsburgh avoided disaster by a scant two minutes Sunday afternoon when a freight train derailed and sent cars tumbling over a hillside and onto light rail passenger train tracks in the South Side...
