January 08, 2015
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NS facilitates $5.7 billion in 2014 industrial investment

Norfolk Southern assisted 94 industries in locating or expanding their businesses along its rail lines in 2014. The 72 new and 22 expanded industries “represent an investment of $5.7 billion by our customers and are expected to create more than 4,420 new jobs in the railroad’s territory, generating more than 205,000 carloads of new rail traffic annually,” NS said.

January 06, 2015
Locomotives

Norfolk Southern unveils first publicly funded, emissions-friendly locomotives

Norfolk Southern has released for road testing the first of 25 GP33ECO emissions-friendly switching locomotives funded by the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program, and built by NS in its Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, Pa.

December 09, 2014
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2015 OUTLOOK: Can we handle it?

Another year of record capital investment will be needed to build more capacity to keep up with growing demand.

November 18, 2014
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CP agrees to sell D&H line to Norfolk Southern

Canadian Pacific announced on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014 it would sell a line of roughly 200 miles, cutting across Pennsylvania and New York, to Norfolk Southern Corp. for $192.6 million.

November 17, 2014
Intercity

Amtrak files complaint with STB over Capitol Limited performance

Amtrak has filed a complaint with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board against Norfolk Southern and CSX over substandard on-time performance of the Washington D.C.-Chicago Capitol Limited, which operates over right-of-way owned by NS and CSX. Including an earlier complaint filed against CN, this is Amtrak’s second such action regarding substandard on-time performance of its long-distance trains.

November 13, 2014
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Thelen creates scholarship fund for Penn State Altoona RTE program

Penn State alumnus Gerhard A. Thelen, who retired in 2013 as Norfolk Southern Vice President, Operations Planning and Support, has created a scholarship fund for Penn State Altoona that will support students enrolled in the college’s Rail Transportation Engineering (RTE) program.

November 12, 2014
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Big-box bonanza

Railroads are searching for ways to keep intermodal moving, and growing, on a capacity-constrained network.

November 12, 2014
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Four paths to natural gas

LNG or CNG? At the High Horsepower Summit in New Orleans, four newer players in the natural gas-powered-locomotive field described their plans.

November 11, 2014
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Is coal on a comeback?

With utility losses stabilizing and global demand still strong, carloads are edging upward.

November 03, 2014
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Jim Squires: “Look to—if not over—the horizon”

Keynote remarks by Norfolk Southern President James A. Squires, at Railway Age’s 21st Passenger Trains on Freight Railroads Conference.