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Norfolk Southern's predecessor railroads date to the early 19th century. The South Carolina Canal & Rail Road was the SOU's earliest predecessor line. Chartered in 1827, the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company became the first to offer regularly scheduled passenger train service with the inaugural run of the Best Friend of Charleston in 1830. [18]
The Southern Railway changed its name to the Norfolk Southern Railway on December 31, 1990. The Norfolk and Western Railway was leased by the Southern Railway on December 31, 1990, and merged into the Southern in 1997. The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate Road) merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway on October 16, 1964.
The line from Lamberts Point to Canal Drive, Norfolk was separated from the Norfolk District and became a new rail line called Norfolk Terminal. The Norfolk District is part of the Lamberts Point to Roanoke rail corridor. At one time the line's original name was restored as a timetable name and the line was grouped with the Norfolk Terminal in ...
Left: Workers manage clean-up at the site of a toxic train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border in February 2023. Right: U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa. ©Environmental Protection Agency ...
(Reuters) - Norfolk Southern has reached tentative, five-year labor agreements with five unions, the U.S. railroad operator said on Friday, at a time when thousands of employees in the industry ...
Moorman is a 1975 graduate of Georgia Tech [4] and Harvard Business School, he joined Norfolk Southern predecessor, Southern Railway, in 1970 as a Co-Op while still attending Georgia Tech. [5] He was also a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. [6] On December 9, 2010, Railway Age named Moorman the Railroader of the Year recipient for 2011. [7]
In May 2023, Shaw and 12 union leaders, issued a safety letter to employees and union members committing to enhanced rail safety for employees and communities served by Norfolk Southern. [23] Under Shaw, Norfolk Southern reported 37% fewer accidents on its main lines in the first 10 months of 2023 than in the same period of 2022. Norfolk ...
Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw isn't ready to completely jettison the controversial Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) approach to doing business that has dominated the railroad industry in ...