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Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will announce its first-quarter financial results during a conference call and live Internet webcast at 4:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 21, 2016....

The board of directors of Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) has elected Amy E. Miles to serve as chair of the board's audit committee, effective at the corporation's 2016 annual meeting of...

Ann A. Adams has been named vice president human resources at Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC), effective April 1, 2016. She succeeds Juan K. Cunningham, who retired earlier this year. Adams...

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) today announced it is consolidating its three operating regions into two, effective March 15. The decision to further streamline railroad operations is part of the...

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Marta R. Stewart will make a presentation at the 31st Annual BB&T Transportation Services Conference. What:...

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) assisted 93 industries in locating or expanding their businesses along its rail lines in 2015. The 61 new and 32 expanded industries represent an investment of $4.2...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) ("the Company") ("Norfolk Southern") today announced further details of its strategic plan designed to streamline operations and drive profitability and...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today reported fourth-quarter and 2015 financial results. Fourth-quarter net income was $361 million, or $1.20 per diluted share, compared with $511...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced the regular quarterly dividend of 59 cents per share on its common stock, payable on March 10 to stockholders of record on Feb. 5. Since...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will announce its fourth-quarter financial results during a conference call and live Internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016....

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is consolidating its Virginia and Pocahontas divisions to form the new Pocahontas Division, with headquarters in Roanoke, Va., effective Feb. 1. The...

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) announced today it will consolidate operations of its coal docks located on Lake Erie in Northern Ohio. This change will streamline operations for customers while...

Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Alan H. Shaw will make a presentation at the Credit Suisse 3rd Annual Industrials Conference. What: Credit Suisse 3rd Annual Industrials Conference

For the second consecutive year, Norfolk Southern has achieved recognition as a U.S. leader in disclosing greenhouse gas emissions and climate-change information to investors and the marketplace...

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) has expanded protection of ecologically significant land in South Carolina's coastal plain through a conservation easement and a wetlands restoration project that...

Norfolk Southern joined local and state officials to dedicate a new fleet of environmentally friendly, rail yard locomotives for Chicago today at its 47th Street intermodal facility. The engines...

A walk in the park amid Atlanta's most well-known green space promises to be even more enjoyable because of the sustainability minded efforts of Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) employees on...

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) issued the following statement regarding enactment of a key transportation law that includes an extension of the Positive Train Control (PTC) deadline to Dec....

Supporting jobs and the economy of New York's Southern Tier, Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC), the New York State Department of Transportation, and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and...

THIRD-QUARTER 2015 RESULTS Railway operating revenues totaled $2.7 billion. Income from railway operations was $822 million. Net income totaled $452 million. Diluted earnings per share were $1.49....

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced the regular quarterly dividend of 59 cents per share on its common stock, payable on Dec. 10 to stockholders of record on Nov. 6. Since its...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today said its rail operating subsidiaries will no longer accept shipments of Poisonous-Inhalation-Hazard commodities, effective Dec. 1, 2015. PIH...

Norfolk Southern Corporation's (NSYE: NSC) yard in Memphis has a new name, and it is "Harris Yard," in honor of Deborah Harris Butler, the railroad's executive vice president planning and chief...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will announce its third-quarter financial results during a conference call and live Internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015....

The board of directors of Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) has named Michael J. Wheeler executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective Feb. 1, 2016, following the retirement of...

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) President and CEO James A. Squires has been named chairman of the corporation's board of directors, effective Oct. 1, 2015. The appointment reflects Norfolk Southern's...

Mark D. Manion, executive vice president and chief operating officer for Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC), has announced his intention to retire effective Feb. 1, 2016, President and CEO James...

Charles W. "Wick" Moorman is completing his service as executive chairman of the board of directors of Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC), effective Oct. 1, 2015. Moorman will continue to serve as...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today completed the acquisition of 282 miles of the Delaware & Hudson Railway Co.'s (D&H) line between Sunbury, Pa., and Schenectady, N.Y., a $214.5...

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) is restructuring its Triple Crown Services (TCS) subsidiary to focus on the transportation of automobile parts. The railroad will work with shippers and...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer Marta R. Stewart will make a presentation during the 2015 Citi Industrials Conference. What:...

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) said it is realigning the reporting structure for two key departments. Effective Oct. 1, 2015, NS' Strategic Planning department will report to James A. Squires,...

With Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal on hand to celebrate the success of a public-private partnership for cleaner air, Norfolk Southern today unveiled the nation's first of a new class of rail yard...

Mark Kalina Jr. survived being run over by a freight train, but he lost both legs in the accident. In a gripping new safety video produced by Norfolk Southern, Kalina warns of the tragic...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Alan H. Shaw will make a presentation at the Cowen and Company 8th Annual Global Transportation...

Deborah H. Butler, executive vice president planning and chief information officer of Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC), has announced her intention to retire effective Oct. 1, 2015, President...

Norfolk Southern's Whistle-Stop Safety Train continues its journey this week, traveling through Ohio Aug. 4-6 to deliver a life-saving message to motorists and pedestrians about staying safe...

Norfolk Southern brings its Whistle-Stop Safety Train to the Carolinas this week to remind motorists and pedestrians to be safe and alert when around railroad tracks and trains. The train,...

SECOND-QUARTER 2015 RESULTS Railway operating revenues totaled $2.7 billion. Income from railway operations was $814 million. Net income totaled $433 million. Diluted earnings per share were...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced the regular quarterly dividend of 59 cents per share on its common stock, payable on Sept. 10 to stockholders of record on Aug. 7. Since...

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) invites visitors to the railroad's new online sustainability report, "Connections," to take a ride on the green side of freight transportation. The 2015 report...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will announce its second-quarter financial results during a conference call and live Internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 27, 2015. Quarterly...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is naming its largest freight train classification yard after Charles W. "Wick" Moorman for his leadership in support of freight railroads and their...

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) in a ceremony at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station unveiled its latest commemorative locomotive, a vibrant SD60E honoring emergency first responders. The locomotive –...

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) is bringing its Train Your Brain public safety campaign to central and south Georgia to remind people to be safe and alert around railroad tracks and trains....

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced that Deborah H. Butler, NS executive vice president and chief information officer, will make a presentation at the Deutsche Bank 2015...

Jeffrey S. Heller and Cary G. Booth have assumed additional responsibilities in Norfolk Southern's intermodal department, announced Alan H. Shaw, executive vice president and chief marketing...

Alan H. Shaw has been named executive vice president and chief marketing officer by the board of directors of Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC), Chairman and CEO Wick Moorman said today. The...

Addressing his last annual meeting as Norfolk Southern's CEO, Wick Moorman told shareholders that "we see continuing strength in the overall economy as well as opportunities in many of the markets...

Sixty-six chemical customers have earned Norfolk Southern Corporation's (NYSE: NSC) Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award for 2014. Altogether, the customers safely shipped more than 227,000 carloads...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) President James A. Squires will make a presentation during Bernstein's 31st Annual Strategic Decisions Conference. What: Bernstein's 31st Annual Strategic...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer Marta Stewart will make a presentation during the Wolfe Research 8th Annual Global...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today reported financial results for first-quarter 2015. Net income for the quarter was $310 million, 16 percent lower compared with $368 million during...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced the regular quarterly dividend of 59 cents per share on its common stock, payable on June 10 to stockholders of record on May 1. Since its...

Bruno Maestri and Robert E. Martίnez will assume additional responsibilities for Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC). This follows the retirement of F. Blair Wimbush, the railroad's vice...

The 611 is going home again, coming back from its second restoration to headline Norfolk Southern's (NYSE: NSC) 21st Century Steam excursions in 2015. Sixty-five years after the Class J 611 was...

Norfolk Southern Corporation's (NYSE: NSC) first quarter 2015 diluted earnings per share are expected to be $1.00 per share, 15% below the same quarter 2014. The reduction in earnings is primarily...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will announce its first-quarter financial results during a conference call and live Internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 29, 2015....

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) today launched a $53-million energy conversion project at its Juniata Locomotive Shop that will substantially reduce carbon emissions and water usage at the 70-acre...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today posted its 2014 Annual Report online, highlighting record-setting net income, revenues, operating income, earnings per share, and operating ratio....

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the expansion of its "Railroad University" and redoubled its commitment to superior transportation...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced that James A. Squires will succeed Charles W. "Wick" Moorman as chief executive officer. The action by the company's board of directors is...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) President James A. Squires will make a presentation during the J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation and Industrials Conference. What: J.P. Morgan Aviation,...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer Marta R. Stewart will make a presentation during the 2015 Barclays Industrial Select...

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen today reached a new collective bargaining agreement that continues to link engineer compensation to corporate...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) President James A. Squires will make a presentation during the 2015 Stifel Transportation and Logistics Conference. What: Stifel Transportation and...

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) today announced that it will close its Roanoke office building at 110 Franklin Road SE later this year and relocate the functions currently housed there to Atlanta or...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today reported financial results for fourth-quarter and full-year 2014. Net income for the quarter was $511 million, or $1.64 per diluted share, compared...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced that its Board of Directors voted to increase the regular quarterly dividend on the company's common stock by 4 percent, or 2 cents per...

Donald W. Seale, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC), has announced his plan to retire effective March 1, 2015, Chairman and CEO Wick Moorman...

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...

The first emissions-friendly locomotives funded by the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program have been released for road testing by Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC)...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will announce its fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 financial results during a conference call and live Internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. EST on Monday, Jan....

In recognition of its environmental, health, and safety (EHS) leadership, Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) has been accepted for membership in the Campbell Institute at the National Safety Council....

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NS) and the Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. (D&H), a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) today announced a proposed transaction under which NS would acquire 282.55...

Donald W. Seale, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC), will participate in the Credit Suisse 2014 Global Industrials Conference. What:...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) Executive Vice President Planning and Chief Information Officer Deborah Butler will participate in the 2014 Goldman Sachs Industrials Conference. What:...

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) reported third-quarter net income of $559 million, 16 percent higher than $482 million for the same period of 2013. Diluted earnings per share were $1.79, up 17...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced the regular quarterly dividend of 57 cents per share on its common stock, payable on Dec. 10, to stockholders of record on Nov. 7. Since...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will present its third-quarter 2014 earnings at 8:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, via teleconference and live Internet webcast. The company will...

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) earned recognition recently from environmental nonprofit CDP as a marketplace leader in carbon disclosure, reflecting the railroad's broad integration of...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will present a comprehensive overview of the company's operating, financial, and strategic initiatives at its 2014 Investor and Financial Analyst Conference on

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will hold an Investor and Financial Analyst Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at the Airport Marriott Conference Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Norfolk...

Norfolk Southern Chairman and CEO Wick Moorman will address the Cowen and Company 7th Annual Global Transportation & Aerospace/Defense Conference. Cowen and Company 7th Annual Global...

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) has reported its carbon performance and strategic efforts in the past year to lower the railroad's greenhouse gas emissions, driving improved operating efficiencies...

First responders from nine states took part in a Norfolk Southern-sponsored crude-by-rail emergency response class recently at the Association of American Railroads' Security and Emergency...

Norfolk Southern Corporation has earned a place on Inbound Logistics' 2014 75 Green Supply Chain Partners list in recognition of sustainable supply chain, logistics, and transportation practices....

For the second quarter of 2014 Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) reported record net income of $562 million, 21 percent higher compared with $465 million in second-quarter 2013. Diluted earnings per...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) announced that its Board of Directors today voted to increase the regular quarterly dividend on the company's common stock by 6 percent, or 3 cents per...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) details the railroad's ongoing efforts to contribute to a cleaner environment, a healthier economy, and stronger communities in its latest "Connections"...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will present its second-quarter 2014 earnings at 8:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, via teleconference and live Internet webcast. The company will...

Norfolk Southern and Operation Lifesaver are bringing their Whistle-Stop safety train tour to Delaware and eastern and central Pennsylvania to stress the importance of public safety around...

The Peach State Whistle-Stop Safety Train this week starts a 327-mile tour from the heart of South Georgia to the carpet capital of the world, calling attention to highway-rail safety and...

The Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, and the Virginia Museum of Transportation are in discussions to bring Norfolk and Western Y6a steam engine #2156, currently in the St. Louis museum, back...

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) Chairman and CEO Wick Moorman announced that President James A. Squires will assume additional responsibilities in line with the company's normal...

Norfolk Southern Corporation Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Marta R. Stewart will speak at the Deutsche Bank 5th Annual Global Industrials and Basic Materials Conference....

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) announced today that 60 chemical customers will receive the Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award for their safe business practices in 2013. Collectively,...

Norfolk Southern will join more than 200 communities across the country during Amtrak's seventh annual National Train Day to celebrate why "trains matter" to our economy. On May 10, a variety of...

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) CEO Wick Moorman, addressing the company's annual meeting today in Williamsburg, Va., gave stockholders plenty of reasons for continued optimism following a year of...

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) reported first-quarter net income of $368 million, or $1.17 per diluted share, compared with $450 million, or $1.41 per diluted share, earned in the same period of...