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Human Poop Bags Await Backpackers Near AspenConundrum Hot Springs Contaminated With Fecal Coliform Written by Wayne Harrison, Web Editor POSTED: 11:11 am MDT May 21, 2009 ASPEN, Colo. -- Number two is getting number one priority by the U.S. Forest Service at a popular backcountry campground ab...
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NS given Harriman award for safety statistics
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(The following story by Robert McCabe appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on May 21, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. For the 20th year in a row, Norfolk Southern Corp. took top honors in an annual competition recognizing safety achievements by the nation's railroads. Among the biggest U.S. railroads, th...
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Proposed New Terminal Approx 15 miles East of Sevier Yard in Knoxville, TN Jefferson County Mayor Alan Palmieri called a 2:30 p.m. press conference Wednesday to address a proposal for a large rail terminal in the New Market area. Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce documents obtained by 10News ha...
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NS announces Memorial Day holiday operations
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NS announces Memorial Day holiday operations (Norfolk Southern issued the following on May 14, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. In observance of the Memorial Day Holiday, Norfolk Southern will curtail yard and local freight operations beginning 11:00 PM on Saturday, May 23 and road operations beginning 7:0...
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'It will get better,' NS CEO tells stockholders
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'It will get better,' NS CEO tells stockholders (Norfolk Southern issued the following on May 14, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. The business fundamentals that created a record five-year run for Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) leading into the recession are still in place, and, "Longer term...
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NS monument honors deceased employee
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NS monument honors deceased employeeVALDOSTA, Ga. -- Norfolk Southern of Valdosta paid tribute to an outstanding employee who died last year during a dedication ceremony Wednesday, the Valdosta Daily Times reports. During the ceremony, a monument was displayed in memory of Melvin Garland, who...
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Norfolk Southern idles 70 in Columbus, Ohio
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Norfolk Southern idles 70 in Columbus, Ohio (The following story by Dan Gearino appeared on the Columbus Dispatch website on May 3, 2009. Tim Hanely is Chairman of the BLET Ohio State Legislative Board.) COLUMBUS, Ohio A continuing drop in rail traffic is leading to further cuts at Buckeye Yard on th...
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NS lays off 13 carmen in Williamson, W.Va.
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NS lays off 13 carmen in Williamson, W.Va. (The following story by Pamela Scott Johnson appeared on the Williamson Daily News website on April 24, 2009.) WILLIAMSON, W.Va. Thirteen Carmen from Williamson Norfolk Southern railroad yard received notice Thursday morning they will be joining the ra...
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NS cites falling volume for profit plunge
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NS cites falling volume for profit plungeNORFOLK, Va. - With its freight volume off 20 percent because of the recession, Norfolk Southern Corp. reported Tuesday that its profit for the first quarter of 2009 dropped 39 percent, according to the Virginian Pilot. The Norfolk-based railroad's incom...
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Always Sad News
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Published on SavannahNow.com (http://savannahnow.com)Railroad worker hit by trainBy Savannah Morning NewsCreated 2009-04-16 23:30A Norfolk Southern railroad employee was injured Thursday after he was hit by a train, Norfolk Southern officials said.The man - who was not identified pendin...
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NS in deal to expand in Northeast
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NS in deal to expand in NortheastNORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern says it's completed a deal that gives it a 50 percent stake in a rail line between Albany, N.Y., and suburban Boston, according to the Associated Press. A regulatory filing says a Norfolk Southern subsidiary is contributing $140 milli...
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Amtrak, Freight Trains Collide in Ill.Friday, November 30, 2007 3:27 PM EST The Associated Press By DEANNA BELLANDI Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) An Amtrak train plowed into the back of a freight train Friday, critically injuring five people as its engine car hurtled to a stop atop a crushed...
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NS train sets off fires; 14 departments calledSALISBURY, N.C. - More than 100 firefighters from 14 Rowan and Davidson County departments battled fires spread along miles of railroad tracks Sunday afternoon (April 5), according to the Salisbury Post. Norfolk Southern stopped all traffic on its t...
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Man Gets Stimulus Money To Silence Trains Near Home
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Man Gets Stimulus Money To Silence Trains Near Home POSTED: 6:53 pm EDT April 4, 2009 HUDSON, Ohio -- A man who wanted to silence train horns near his home asked for $168,300 in federal stimulus money. It paid off. Greg McNeil's project was one of 149 selected by the Ohio Department of Transportatio...
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Eight charged with stealing from trains
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Eight charged with stealing from trainsSOUTH BEND, Ind. - Eight men have been charged with stealing items from trains in northern Indiana, the WNDU Web site reports. The defendants are John A. Frederick, Phillip A. Montorsi, Victor A. Montorsi, William J. Montorsi, Ryan P. Mrozinski, James B. New...
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NS GC Strunk scores for new hires
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NS GC Strunk scores for new hires UTU's newest members are especially suffering during this economic recession, whose depth and length is still not known. Many of these new hires haven't worked enough days to qualify for Railroad Unemployment Insurance benefits. And often having left non-railro...
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Great News on the NS too!!!
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Norfolk Southern CEO gets 2008 compensation of $12 million (The Associated Press circulated the following story by Samantha Bomkamp on March 24, 2009.) NORFOLK, Va. The chairman, president and chief executive of Norfolk Southern Corp. received compensation valued by the railroad operator at m...
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You Knew It Was Coming
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printemailNorfolk Southern Names Manion COO; Vice Chairman Tobias RetiresNORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPNSC | 3/24/2009 6:05:00 PMNORFOLK, Va., March 24, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ --Mark D. Manion, a 34-year veteran of railroad operations, has been named executive vice...
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Hubby is back on the freaking conductors extra board. He wants to train at a terminal that is in his seniority district. Trainmaster there told him it would require 6 weeks of unpaid training. WTF? If he wants to be paid to train he has to sit back until he is furloughed here and at his home terminial.....
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STB backs NS over city
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STB backs NS over cityFederal regulators have invoked their powers to pre-empt local governments -- to make sure trains keep running unimpeded -- to back Norfolk Southern Railway in a challenge from a Washington, D.C., suburb, Traffic World reported. The Surface Transportation Board turned asi...
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"some people are going to line up against us"
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Norfolk Southern CEO: Battle awaits in Congress (Reuters circulated the following article on February 23.) CHICAGO -- The major U.S. railroads face a serious battle in the current U.S. Congress over upcoming legislation that would govern how they set their prices and how they are regulated, the t...
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Coast Guard: NS bridge open to navigationHANNIBAL, Mo. -- The U.S. Coast Guard is reporting that the Norfolk Southern's railroad bridge, which spans the Mississippi River in Hannibal, is again open to river traffic. "Right now there's no restrictions to operations," said Lt. Rob McCa...
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Have you gone to work and seen this??
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Seat is facing wrong way?? -- Edited by Calvin at 08:55, 2009-02-13
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Not sure what kind of locomotive this is. I know that these pictures don't give us much to go on. Anybody want to venture a guess at manufacturer? Thanks for your help! [IMG]https://i139.photobucket.com/al...
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Different coloured birds of prey flocking together...
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Canadian National Railway Co. and Norfolk Southern Corp. are teaming up to speed merchandise and coal traffic between the Midwest and Southeast. Yesterday, the Class Is announced a joint "MidAmerica Corridor" initiative, which calls for the railroads to share track between Chicago...
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