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...
March 19, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, March 16, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern has been notified that TRC Capital Corporation (TRC) made an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer, dated Feb. 23, 2018, to purchase up to 1 million shares of Norfolk Southern stock at...
March 19, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, March 19, 2018) GEORGETOWN, Ky. — Two freight trains collided and derailed shortly before midnight, injuring 4 people and igniting a fire that forced nearby residents to evacuate, authorities said Monday. No additional information about the...
March 16, 2018 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(Source: Week Herald, March 15, 2018) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp. COO Michael Joseph Wheeler sold 1,699 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 16. The stock was sold at an average price of $143.62, for a total value of $244,010.38....
March 16, 2018 | Headlines, NS
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Norfolk Southern freight trains increased their speeds to 60 mph today along nearly 30 miles of railroad track from Lehigh to Berks counties. (Source: LVB.com, March 14, 2018) Full story: www.lvb.com
March 13, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: www.al.com, March 12, 2018) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — New York City has decided to halt an operation that sent train loads of partially treated sewage material to a landfill in Alabama. Full story: www.al.com
