April 6, 2018 | Headlines, NS, War on Workers
(Source: Lexington Herald-Leader, April 5, 2018) LEXINGTON, Ky. — Norfolk Southern Railway Co. filed suit against two crew members whom it says were negligent and failed to prevent a March 18 train crash and derailment in Georgetown. Full story: Lexington...
April 5, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: CNN, April 3, 2018) ATLANTA — Right now, dozens of train cars carrying 10 million pounds of poop are stranded in a rural Alabama rail yard. Technically it’s biowaste, but to the 982 residents in the small town of Parrish, that’s just semantics....
April 3, 2018 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, April 3, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation will announce its first-quarter financial results during a conference call and live internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Quarterly earnings...
March 28, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Morning Call, March 27, 2018) ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Pennsylvania has 67 privately run operating railroads, more than any other state, and roughly 5,600 miles of freight line, according to a news release. So it’s little wonder the state would want to keep the...
March 28, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 27, 2018) ATLANTA, Ga. — Across a highway from the gates to the Port of Savannah, crews have cleared trees and driven pilings into the sandy soil to support bridges and a lattice of future rail lines. Full story:...
March 23, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, March 23, 2018) SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Norfolk Southern trains are blocking traffic for hours at a time in one South Carolina city. Full story: www.usnews.com
March 23, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: The Daily News, March 22, 2018) ATTICA, N.Y. — A culvert failure has been blamed for the Feb. 15 train derailment that injured two crewmen and sent burning locomotives into a nearby field. Diesel fuel spilled from at least one of the locomotives and caught...
March 22, 2018 | CN, Headlines, NS
(Source: Dallas Innovates, March 21, 2018) DALLAS, Texas — GE announced this week that it secured orders for 225 refurbished locomotives from several unidentified railroads this year. The company also will deliver 80 modernized locomotives to Canadian Pacific Railway...
March 22, 2018 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(Source: Virginian-Pilot, March 21, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — James Squires, chairman, president and CEO of Norfolk Southern, saw his total compensation package in 2017 rise nearly 42 percent, to $11.93 million from $8.42 million. The total pay calculation encompasses an...
March 20, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, March 19, 2018) GEORGETOWN, Ky. — Norfolk Southern says it is moving derailed freight cars off the tracks after two trains collided in Georgetown, Kentucky. The company said in a statement on Monday that four train crew members taken to the...
