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New NS intermodal facility to break ground in Greencastle, Pa.
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New NS intermodal facility to break ground in Greencastle, Pa. (The following appeared on the Public Opinion Online website on April 20, 2010.) GREENCASTLE, Pa. Norfolk Southern is on track to break ground later this year for its new intermodal facility in Greencastle, a company official told mem...
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Norfolk Southern embraces social media
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Norfolk Southern embraces social media (Norfolk Southern issued the following on April 15, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) has expanded its communications with online audiences, distributing information, video, and photos on popular social media Web sites. New...
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Norfolk Southern tests biodiesel fuel
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Norfolk Southern tests biodiesel fuel (The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on April 13, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Norfolk Southern Railway and Electro-Motive Diesel will run extensive tests of biodiesel fuel, monitoring the use of two blends in both line...
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NS to build $90M center at Charlotte airport
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NS to build $90M center at Charlotte airportCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A deal is imminent for a $90 million rail and trucking facility at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport that could bring the region $7 billion in business over the next two decades, the Charlotte Business Journal has learned. Norf...
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Revamped NS tunnel open for larger loads
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Revamped NS tunnel open for larger loads (The following story by Bill Archer appeared on the Bluefield Daily Telegraph website on April 9, 2010.) BLUEFIELD, W.Va. The formidable Cooper Tunnel on the Norfolk Southern mainline in Mercer County will be open this morning for larger loads, opening ano...
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Disaster narrowly avoided following NS derailment in Indiana
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Disaster narrowly avoided following NS derailment in Indiana (The following story by Lee Cable appeared on the Corydon Democrat website on April 7, 2010.) CORYDON, Ind. Seven Norfolk Southern railroad cars derailed Thursday afternoon in English, shutting down both S.R. 237 and the railroad for...
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Norfolk Southern says taxes will rise $27 million on health law
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Norfolk Southern says taxes will rise $27 million on health law (The Associated Press circulated the following on April 7, 2010.) NEW YORK Freight railroad operator Norfolk Southern Corp. said it will take an accounting charge and expects to pay $27 million in extra taxes in the first quarter becau...
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This explains it
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Norfolk Southern rail car releases vapor in Roanoke (The following story by Jorge Valencia appeared on the Roanoke Times website on April 7, 2010.) ROANOKE, Va. Roanoke firefighters closed a 14-block stretch of Shenandoah Avenue early this evening when a rail car in the adjacent Norfolk Southern...
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In The Ditch
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There's an AmShack there and they're saying it took out all the personal automobiles that Amtrak passengers had parked there. Train delay and lose your car, tu! http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/train-derail-spills-tons-of-coal
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Norfolk Southern CEO notes positive momentum in message to stockholders
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Norfolk Southern CEO notes positive momentum in message to stockholders (Norfolk Southern issued the following on March 18, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. In his message to stockholders in the 2009 Annual Report, posted online today, Norfolk Southern Corporation CEO Wick Moorman (NYSE: NSC) says the comp...
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Ga. trestle fire said not too serious
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Ga. trestle fire said not too seriousBRUNSWICK, Ga. - A fire-damaged railroad trestle to the Georgia Ports Authority Colonels Island shipping terminal should be repaired and open to rail traffic by 5 p.m. today, authority officials said Tuesday, the Jacksonville, Fla., Times Union reports. Rep...
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NS terminal presents risks to Memphis aquifer
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NS terminal presents risks to Memphis aquiferMEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Long touted as a "green" project that will reduce pollution, Norfolk Southern's proposed truck-to-rail terminal in western Fayette County could pose a threat to the source of Memphis' drinking water, The Commercial App...
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More coal news relevant ta NS and CSX...
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...since they handle carloads from both these outfits. DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Massey Energy Co. (MEE) agreed to buy privately held coal producer Cumberland Resources Corp. for $960 million in cash and stock, giving Massey "highly complementary" operations in central Appalachia. The w...
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Norfolk Southern’s Greencastle project on track
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Norfolk Southerns Greencastle project on track (The following story by Kate S. Alexander appeared on the Herald-Mail website on March 13, 2010.) GREENCASTLE, Pa. Norfolk Southern will break ground on its Greencastle intermodal rail facility this summer despite news coming from Capitol Hill, a...
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Norfolk Southern CEO makes $10.9 million in 2009
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Norfolk Southern CEO makes $10.9 million in 2009 (The Associated Press circulated the following on March 5, 2010.) PHILADELPHIA The CEO of Norfolk Southern Corp. received $10.9 million in compensation for 2009, 9 percent less than the prior year as the railroad operator grappled with the economi...
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NS eyes track relocation on Gulf coast
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NS eyes track relocation on Gulf coastThe U.S. Department of Transportation has rejected a grant application to relocate Norfolk Southern railway tracks from urban areas in the Shoals, Ala., but approved a $105-million grant to help the railroad improve a 2,500-mile corridor that links the Gulf...
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Analyst upgrades NS to 'overweight'
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Analyst upgrades NS to 'overweight'NEW YORK -- A Barclays Capital analyst said Monday he believes investors aren't paying enough attention to the earnings growth potential of Norfolk Southern Corp., citing the railroad operator's pricing strength, improving shipping volume and potential fo...
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Union members upset over NS camp cars
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Union members upset over NS camp carsYou've probably seen them along Norfolk Southern tracks in western Virginia: the mobile camps where maintenance crews stay while they're on the job, the WDBJ Web site reports. Tuesday in Richmond, members of a General Assembly committee considered whether th...
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Men caught stealing NS rail spikes
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Men caught stealing NS rail spikesFLAT ROCK, N.C. Henderson County Sheriff's deputies caught two men pulling up hundreds of steel railroad spikes from a section of active train tracks near Flat Rock, Sheriff Rick Davis told the Asheville Citizen Times. A witness called 911 around 3:30 p.m. Sunday...
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Norfolk Southern to build corridor hubs
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Norfolk Southern to build corridor hubs (The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 25, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Norfolk Southern Railway hopes to begin construction by July on new intermodal terminals in Memphis, Tenn., and Birmingham, Ala., now t...
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Pa. railroad project won't get stimulus funds
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Pa. railroad project won't get stimulus funds (The following story by Kate S. Alexander appeared on the Herald-Mail website on February 18, 2010.) GREENCASTLE, Pa. Not one cent of the $105 million in federal transportation stimulus money awarded Wednesday to railroad giant Norfolk Southern wil...
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NS intermodal facility in Memphis awarded $52.5 million Tiger grant
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NS intermodal facility in Memphis awarded $52.5 million Tiger grant (Norfolk Southern issued the following on February 17,2 010.) NORFOLK, Va. Norfolk Southerns (NYSE: NSC) planned Memphis Regional Intermodal Facility was awarded $52.5 million from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation under the...
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Norfolk Southern Foundation awards $5.7 million in 2009
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Norfolk Southern Foundation awards $5.7 million in 2009 (Norfolk Southern issued the following on February 11, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. Norfolk Southern Foundation, the charitable giving affiliate of Norfolk Southern Corporation, awarded grants worth more than $5.7 million to nonprofit charita...
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NS facilitates $3.1 billion in industrial investment along rail lines in 2009
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NS facilitates $3.1 billion in industrial investment along rail lines in 2009 (Norfolk Southern issued the following on February 11, 2010.) NORFOLK, Va. Norfolk Southern Corporation participated in the location of 70 new industries and the expansion of 23 existing industries along its rail lin...
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Norfolk Southern ends force majeure
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Norfolk Southern ends force majeure (The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 9, 2010.) Norfolk Southern Railway lifted its force majeure service declaration early on Feb. 9 for traffic moving through eastern-U.S. areas hit hard by the huge weeke...
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