March 8, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Reading Eagle, March 8, 2018) READING, Pa. — Norfolk Southern announced its plan Wednesday to increase train speeds across nearly 30 miles of its Reading Line to enhance rail efficiency and travel times. Full story: Reading Eagle
March 7, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: www.al.com, March 6, 2018) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Several dozen train cars loaded with what appears to be sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants in New York and New Jersey will be pulled back into a rail yard and off the tracks in north Birmingham,...
March 7, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Observer-Reporter, March 6, 2018) FREDERICKTOWN, Pa. — On March 6 near Fredericktown, Pa., a train broadsided a tanker truck hauling some 4,400 gallons of a corrosive solution of hydrochloric acid as the rig’s driver crossed the tracks about 10:30 a.m....
February 26, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Reuters, February 26, 2018) SEATTLE/BOCA RATON, Fla. — The drive for cost cuts and higher margins at U.S. trucking and railroad operators is pinching their biggest customers, forcing the likes of General Mills Inc and Hormel Foods Corp to spend more on...
February 23, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Post and Courier, February 22, 2018) CHARLESTON, S.C. — The cost of building an inland port to handle cargo moving between the Pee Dee region and the Charleston waterfront has ballooned to $50.5 million because of unexpected road, rail and technology costs....
February 22, 2018 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(Source: Stock News Times, February 21, 2018) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp. COO Michael Joseph Wheeler sold 1,699 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 16. The stock was sold at an average price of $143.62, for a total value of...
February 21, 2018 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Lincolnian, February 21, 2018) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp. Chairman James A. Squires sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 1. The stock was sold at an average price of $150.10, for a total value of...
February 20, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Courier Observer, February 17, 2018) ATTICA, N.Y. — Norfolk Southern continued to make progress Friday on cleanup and recovery from a Thursday afternoon train derailment that left an engineer and conductor with unspecified, non-life-threatening injuries and a...
February 20, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: ABC 33 40, February 16, 2018) RIVERSIDE, Ala. — For contractor Donnie Peppers and Norfolk Southern employees Mark Burke and Chris Jackson, Wednesday started out like any other day. However, a routine track inspection and a phone call would change the course...
February 16, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Buffalo News, February 15, 2018) BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two crew members were injured when a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying automobiles derailed and caught fire Thursday in a rural area in the Town of Attica not far from Attica Central High School,...
