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CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) officially broke ground today on the Charlotte Regional Intermodal Facility at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The facility, which will transfer trailers and containers between trucks and trains, will be capable of 200,000 lifts per year and will replace Norfolk Southern's existing intermodal facility in downtown Charlotte. "Charlotte is a key hub on the Norfolk Southern intermodal system...
ENOLA, Pa., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Employees at Norfolk Southern's (NYSE: NSC) Enola Locomotive Shop made history last month as the first in the company to surpass 2 million employee-hours without an injury. The 250 mechanics, electricians, sheet metal workers, and others maintain and repair Norfolk Southern's fleet of diesel locomotives. They perform work that ranges from locomotive oil changes and engine repairs to maintenance of locomotive air brakes and wheels....
NORFOLK, Va., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Deb Butler, executive vice president planning and chief information officer for Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC), will address the Wells Fargo Securities 2012 Industrial and Construction Conference in New York City at 11:15 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Interested investors can listen via simultaneous webcast at http://cc.talkpoint.com/well001/050812a_hr/?entity=12_MUSYROH. The presentation will be posted at...
NEW CASTLE, Pa., April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Axion Power International Inc (OTC Bulletin Board: AXPW), the developer of advanced lead-carbon PbC® batteries and energy storage systems, today announced that it has received an order from Norfolk Southern Corp (NS) for PbC batteries for use in a battery-powered locomotive. Axion Power said this first $400,000 purchase order is part of a $475,000 total purchase order, that will be used in the commissioning of Norfolk Southern's...
NORFOLK, Va., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ten sons and daughters of employees are receiving college scholarships from Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) under the company's annual scholarship program. Three are recipients of the National Merit Scholarship. They are: Nicole Gilreath, daughter of Geri Gilreath, senior technology engineer, and David Gilreath. She will graduate from Kennesaw Mountain High School, Kennesaw, Ga. Samuel Gowland, son of Mike Gowland, engineer...
NORFOLK, Va., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) announced today that 45 customers have earned the company's Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award for their safe handling of chemical products in 2011. Given annually for 16 years, the award recognizes companies and facilities that ship more than 1,000 carloads of federally regulated hazardous material over Norfolk Southern's rail network without incident for the year. In 2011, 39 corporations and six...
NORFOLK, Va., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced the regular quarterly dividend of 47 cents per share on its common stock, payable on June 11, to stockholders of record on May 4. Since its inception in 1982, Norfolk Southern has paid dividends on its common stock for 119 consecutive quarters. Norfolk Southern Corporation is one of the nation's premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates...
NORFOLK, Va., April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) has been recognized for outstanding performance in measuring and reducing its emissions. The American Carbon Registry gave Norfolk Southern its Corporate Excellence award for making a public commitment to reducing CO2 emissions 10 percent below 2009 levels by 2014 and for reaching nearly 40 percent of that five-year goal in the first year. ACR said, "The reductions were achieved through improvements in...
BELLEVUE, Ohio, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) this month will begin a $160 million project to expand its Bellevue rail yard in Northern Ohio, a project that will double the yard's capacity in order to meet rising demand for freight rail transportation. "Bellevue is already an important terminal for the classification and movement of freight, and this investment will expand and modernize Bellevue, contributing to the fluid movement of long-distance...
NORFOLK, Va., April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) has earned the TRANSCAER® (Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response) National Achievement Award for 2011. This is the twelfth time - and the tenth consecutive year - that Norfolk Southern has received the award that recognizes extraordinary achievement in support of efforts to prepare communities to respond to a possible hazardous materials transportation incident. In 2011, Norfolk...
