Norfolk Southern Archives

November 27, 2013
Class I

NJ House rep seeks more rail oversight

Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-N.J.) has introduced a bill calling for independent oversight of railroads and particularly railroad infrastructure, arguing that U.S. freight railroads aren’t pursuing adequate safety measures.

November 20, 2013
Class I

NS achieves best-ever CDP score

Norfolk Southern said Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, it has achieved its best-ever score in CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) reports that grade large U.S. and global companies on how well they measure and manage their carbon footprint.

November 19, 2013
Regulatory

NS’s Barringer succeeds CSX’s Stayton as OLI board chair

William “Bill” Barringer, director of grade crossing safety at Norfolk Southern, has been named chairman of Operation Lifesaver’s 14-member board of directors. Barringer succeeds Cliff Stayton, director of hazardous materials programs at CSX Transportation.

November 11, 2013
Class I

STB decision upholds federal preemption of state statutes

The Surface Transportation Board has ruled that claims filed against Norfolk Southern in certain Virginia state court lawsuits are preempted by federal law. STB, in “NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY—PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER” (Docket No. FD 35701), granted NS’s petition on Nov. 4, 2013.

October 31, 2013
Class I

Norfolk Southern dedicates yard in honor of H. Craig Lewis

Norfolk Southern has renamed its Dillerville Yard in Lancaster, Pa., in honor of former vice President Corporate Affairs and Pennsylvania State Senator H. Craig Lewis, who died unexpectedly on Jan. 13, 2013, at age 68. After serving as state senator for the 6th District in Bucks County for five terms (1975-1994), Lewis joined NS in 1997, retiring from the railroad in 2009.

October 23, 2013
Class I

NS sports solid 3Q earnings

Norfolk Southern Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 reported third-quarter net income of 482 million, up 20% from the $402 million reported in the third quarter of 2012. Diluted earnings per share were $1.53, up 23% compared with $1.24 per diluted share in comparable quarter last year.

September 24, 2013
Class I

NS surpasses “pier without peer” coal record

Norfolk Southern said Monday, Sept. 23, 2013 it had again notched a new record for coal transloading at its Pier 6 at Lambert Point facility in Norfolk, Va., loading a record amount of coal into a single ocean-going vessel.

September 21, 2013
Class I

NS: Stewart moving up to EVP and CFO; Rathbone to retire

Norfolk Southern Corp. has named Marta R. Stewart Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective Nov. 1, 2013. She will report to NS President James A. Squires, and will be headquartered

September 19, 2013
Class I

Norfolk Southern sets port coal-loading record

Norfolk Southern says it loaded a record amount of coal into a single ocean-going vessel on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, at Pier 6 at Lamberts Point, Port of Hampton Roads, Va.

September 09, 2013
Locomotives

Virginia short line displays heritage colors

The Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad (N&PBL), a switching and terminal railroad that serves customers in Norfolk, Chesapeake, and Portsmouth, Va., is celebrating its 115th anniversary this month with receipt of an EMD GP38-2 painted in the bright red-and-maroon livery used on its first diesel locomotives in the 1950s.