February 8, 2018 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(Source: Week Herald, February 7, 2018) NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern Corp. Chairman James A. Squires sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 1. The shares were sold at an average price of $150.10, for a total value of...
February 8, 2018 | Headlines, NS, Positive Train Control
(Source: The State, February 7, 2018. Christopher Seeling was a member of BLET Division 85 in Columbia, S.C. He was 28 years old.) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Thirteen years after a horrifying train wreck killed his son, Steve Seeling awoke Sunday morning to television images of...
February 6, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: The State, February 4, 2018) LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — Sunday’s early-morning crash involving an Amtrak passenger train and a CSX freight train in Cayce that killed two and left more than 100 hospitalized wasn’t the first fatal train crash in South Carolina...
January 29, 2018 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, NS
(Source: Courier Post, January 26, 2018) CAMDEN, N.J. — Mighty World War II naval gun barrels that once fired from the deck of the battleship New Jersey are rolling by rail from Virginia to new homes in the city, North Jersey and Philadelphia. Full story: Courier...
January 29, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Herald-Review, January 26, 2018) DECATUR, Ill. — Nearly 40 employees of Norfolk Southern Corp. in Decatur will be offered new jobs in Atlanta when the company centralizes its train dispatching operations there, the company confirmed Friday. Full story:...
January 29, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Roanoke Times, January 26, 2018) ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern will close its Roanoke dispatching center and offer the center’s 56 employees dispatching jobs in Atlanta, the company said Friday. Full story: Roanoke Times
January 26, 2018 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 24, 2018) Norfolk Southern Corp. reported fourth-quarter 2017 adjusted net income of $486 million, or $1.69 per diluted earnings per share (EPS), compared with $416 million, or $1.42 per diluted share, in the same period a...
January 24, 2018 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 23, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation announced that its board of directors today approved an 18 percent increase in its quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock, from 61 to 72 cents per share....
January 24, 2018 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 24, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation today reported fourth-quarter and 2017 financial results. Net income for the quarter was $3,968 million and diluted earnings per share were $13.79. For the year, net...
January 19, 2018 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Reuters, January 18, 2018) LOMBARD, Ill. — Norfolk Southern Corp is working toward a “more stable, resilient” network for 2018 following service issues in recent months, the No. 4 U.S. railroad’s top executive said on Thursday. Full story:...
