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NS: Passenger rail on freight tracks less costly
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NS: Passenger rail on freight tracks less costlyNORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp. projects the cost of putting conventional passenger rail on its freight tracks between Petersburg and Norfolk at $75 million, far less than the state's estimate, The Virginian-Pilot reported. State estimat...
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Maryland, Delaware investigate a return to the rails
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Maryland, Delaware investigate a return to the rails (The following story by Colin Murfree appeared on the Delmarva Daily Times website on September 6, 2009.) SALISBURY, Md. There are a few people on Delmarva who remember being able to ride up and down the peninsula on the busy old Pennsylvania Rail...
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NS reps hear concerns about intermodal plan
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NS reps hear concerns about intermodal planGREENCASTLE, Pa. Neighbors of the proposed Norfolk Southern Intermodal Rail Facility in Antrim Township got a chance to ask questions of the company Thursday at an informational meeting, the Herald Mail reports. The rail giant has proposed building a $...
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NS returns rail capacity to service
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NS returns rail capacity to serviceNorfolk Southern Corp. has boosted capacity by returning nearly a third of its parked railroad fleet to service in a further sign of a U.S. economic recovery, the Dow Jones Newswires reported. More than a quarter of the U.S. rail car fleet has been put into storage t...
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Breaking News
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Date: 08/20/09 12:11 NS Locomotives in Storage Update Author: NSDash9 Here is the latest update. NS currently has 465 units from the active roster in storage. All of the GE GEVO units have been inspected and those determined to have the defective part in the turbocharger are in storage until repairs...
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County officials say NS confidentiality deal normal, but Knoxville says 'not here'
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County officials say NS confidentiality deal normal, but Knoxville says 'not here' (The following story by Ed Marcum appeared on the Knoxville News-Sentinel website on August 21, 2009.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Jefferson County officials who signed a confidentiality agreement with railroad company...
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Norfolk Southern’s $112 million Alabama project similar to one Georgians had feared
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Norfolk Southerns $112 million Alabama project similar to one Georgians had feared (The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on The Birmingham News website on August 16, 2009.) AUSTELL, Ga. Joe Jerkins has never been to McCalla, but he fully understands the concerns residents there hav...
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Tennessee residents fighting NS development
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Tennessee residents fighting NS developmentKNOXVILLE, Tenn. - While Jefferson County officials work to bring a proposed Norfolk Southern railroad-truck facility to the county, a group of residents say they are angry at the way the officials are trying to force them into sharing their farmland w...
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Norfolk Southern: Freight train fillet
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Norfolk Southern: Freight train fillet (The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on August 2, 2009.) ALBANY, N.Y. How do you fillet a freight train? It takes planning, according to Norfolk Southern Railway. The rail company used the term in a recent article t...
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BizNS?
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NS gets bids on new N.Y. yardMECHANICVILLE, N.Y. -- Work has yet to begin on the $40 million intermodal rail yard announced with great fanfare last July by then-state Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, the Albany Times Union reports. But that could change shortly. Norfolk Southern has been rec...
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NS's income plunges 45 percent
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NS's income plunges 45 percentNORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern Corp. on Tuesday reported that its profit for the April-to-June quarter dropped 45 percent from the same quarter a year ago, the Virginian Pilot reports. The Norfolk-based railroad's net income for the quarter was $247 million, or 66 c...
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RING RING!! RING RING!! SNIPPY it's WHARNCLIFFE, W.Va.
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RING!! RING!! Snippy is PHUKKED!! RING!! RING!! Why was the train moving when the BOSS-O-TRAIN was inside a building? Did BOSS fail to tell the HAWG?? UPDATE @ 12:30pm WHARNCLIFFE, W.Va. (AP) -- A Norfolk Southern spokesman says four people were hurt today after a train derailed and struck a loading...
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PTA votes to ask NS to move hub
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PTA votes to ask NS to move hubBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Parent Teacher Association at McAdory Elementary School took a firm stance today against a proposed railroad hub next to the school, the Birmingham News reports. Norfolk Southern wants to build a hub in McCalla, but some residents oppose the plan...
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NS touts tax incentives
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NS touts tax incentivesNORFOLK, Va. Tax incentives to expand freight rail capacity would make sense for America, generating $1 billion in economic benefits and 20,000 green jobs, Norfolk Southern Corporation CEO Wick Moorman said today on Capitol Hill, the carrier said in a press release. Ameri...
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NS touts rail to governors
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NS touts rail to governorsThe head of Norfolk Southern Railway used remarks to the National Governors Association to promote multi-state NS intermodal corridor programs as a way for states to help fight highway congestion and create "green" jobs, the Journal of Commerce reported. Ch...
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New NS yard expected to spark growth
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New NS yard expected to spark growthMEMPHIS, Tenn. - Don Culbreath has about 200 acres for sale in Chickasaw Trails Industrial Park, a 2,600-acre site in Marshall County, Miss., but so far no one has shown any interest in buying the land, according to the Memphis Daily News. My phone isnt ringing; it h...
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NS cutting 84 jobs in Alabama
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NS cutting 84 jobs in AlabamaMUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. - Norfolk Southern Corp. will close part of the operations at its Sheffield rail yard, a move that involves cutting 84 jobs, the Florence, Ala., Times Daily reports. Robin Chapman, a spokesman for Norfolk Southern in Atlanta, said about 130 people wo...
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Norfolk Southern will spend $112 million on McCalla terminal
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Norfolk Southern will spend $112 million on McCalla terminal (The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on the Birmingham News website on July 10, 2009.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Norfolk Southern said today it will invest $112 million on a new cargo-loading terminal on 316 acres in McCalla. The r...
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Man sues NS, employees for not stopping train
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Man sues NS, employees for not stopping trainAn Illinois man who says he was run over by a train is suing Norfolk Southern Railway Company and two of its employees who allegedly failed to stop the train in time, the Madison County Record reported. John V. Whitt filed a suit June 25 in Madison County Circ...
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NS names Julian to lead safety efforts
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NS names Julian to lead safety effortsNORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation has named David F. Julian vice president safety and environmental, effective July 1, with office in Roanoke, Va. He reports to Mark D. Manion, executive vice president operations. NS' safety and environmental de...
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Man to pay NS for damages
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Man to pay NS for damagesLISBON, Ohio -- A Salem man who caused two trains to collide and derail after he stood on the tracks last July 2 must pay Norfolk Southern $4,127 to compensate the railroad company for its damages, the East Liverpool Review reported. In an entry filed this week in Columbiana Cou...
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Fugitive found on NS train
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Fugitive found on NS trainROME, Ga. -- A North Carolina man remained jailed Saturday on felony fugitive warrants after he was found on a Norfolk Southern train in Rome on Friday night, reports stated. According to Rome police reports: Tony Cornelious Locklear, 34, of a Pembroke, N.C., address, was...
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Proposed NS intermodal yard draws opposition in East Tennessee
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Proposed NS intermodal yard draws opposition in East Tennessee (The Associated Press circulated the following on June 21, 2009.) NEW MARKET, Tenn. More than 100 people gathered at an East Tennessee school to speak out against a proposed Norfolk Southern rail yard where freight would be exchanged...
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Editorial urges Va. cooperation with NS
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Editorial urges Va. cooperation with NS(This editorial, "An important vote for higher-speed rail," appeared June 17, 2009, in the Norfolk, Va., Virginian-Pilot.) Wick Moorman said he was speaking only for himself when he told Norfolk business leaders that higher-speed passenger r...
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Train trip emphasizes safety on the railroad
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Train trip emphasizes safety on the railroadALTOONA, Pa. -- At the beginning of Wednesday's railroad trip to Lewistown, a Norfolk Southern Railway official warned riders about little things: Hold on when walking down the aisle; don't trip when getting up from a seat; fill coffee cups only halfway...
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