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McCalla rail hub officials hear issues at hearing
Railroad tracks are shown from McAshan Drive in the McCalla area of Jefferson County, Alabama.
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Railroad stocks not fazed by Berkshire's planned sale
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway plans to sell all of its holdings of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern due to the planned purchase of Burlington Northern.
Berkshire to sell UP, Norfolk Southern stakes
Warren Buffett's company will sell its stakes in Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads before it completes its $26.3 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
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S. Phila. rail yard expansion part of planned Crescent Corridor
PHILADELPHIA - Norfolk Southern Corp. is expanding its rail yard at the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia by 15 acres as part of an eventual 2,500-mile, high-speed rail route aimed at getting more freight onto trains and away from congested highways.
Promoting railroad crossing safety
Representatives from Norfolk Southern Corp., which has offices in Hattiesburg, were in Laurel this week to spread the safety message near the area's railroad.
J.B. Hunt, Norfolk Southern team for Eastern intermodal service
By CCJ Staff J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced Thursday, Nov. 5, that it has reached an agreement with Norfolk Southern Corp.
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Experts: Buffett's stakes in other railroads not problematic
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will likely be able to keep small stakes in two other freight-railroad operators in its bid to buy all of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
$11M navy yard work will boost planned rail facility in Greencastle
Norfolk Southern and Gov. Ed Rendell announced $11 million in improvements to the Philadelphia Navy Yard Intermodal Facility.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will pay $26 billion to buy out railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in what the billionaire investor called a bet on the U.S. economy.
Pa. investing in Navy Yard rail facility
The state of Pennsylvania and Norfolk Southern Corp. announced Thursday that they will invest $11 million combined in the railroad's Philadelphia Navy Yard Intermodal Facility.
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Cole Davis reelected Norfolk Southern general chairman
Cole W. Davis was reelected to his third term as General Chairman of the BLET's Norfolk Southern-Northern Lines General Committee of Adjustment at quadrennial meetings in Cleveland on September 30-October 2. Brother Davis is a member of BLET Division 86 in Moberly, Mo.
Derry park, 20 miles of trails closer to reality
Karen Morelli once spent four straight hours this summer on her hands and knees picking up pieces of dirty, rubber foam from an old lawn cushion someone dumped below the Route 217 bridge in Derry.
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More details, concerns emerge from Norfolk Southern deal
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Norfolk Southern Corp. has unveiled preliminary environmental data that will serve as the foundation of its proposed intermodal terminal in Fayette County, where cargo containers will be transferred between trucks and trains.
Norfolk Southern profit dips; rail revenue slides
Railroad operator Norfolk Southern Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!nsc /quotes/nls/nsc on Tuesday reported a third-quarter profit of $303 million, or 81 cents a share, down from $520 million, or $1.37 a share, a year ago.
Norfolk Southern 3Q earnings plunge
Norfolk Southern Corp., one of the country's biggest railroad operators, said Tuesday its third-quarter earnings plunged 41 percent as shipments sank for everything from coal for power plants to retail goods.
Council members concerned about railroad's construction
Councilman N. Shae Parker verbally blasted representatives of Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Quarterly financial reports from major corporations, which started last week, will continue through this week.
CSX Corporation came in on October 13 with dampened third-quarter earnings, but expressed cautious optimism that the worst was over for both the company and the economy.
Norfolk Southern Corp. has put a lid on hiring, the head of the No. 4 U.S. railroad said on Thursday.
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