3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (892+ words) In the weeks since Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern and Omaha-based Union Pacific filed their application to become one transcontinental railroad company, all of their major competitors quickly filed comments against it. The filings provide a glimpse into the protests emerging as…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (393+ words) Norfolk Southern has signed a nearly $500 million, five-year lease renewal at its Midtown corporate headquarters, according to a Thursday filing with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The move comes as the Atlanta-based railroad company is in the process of seeking…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (1547+ words) The CEOs of Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern and Omaha-based Union Pacific are spending a lot of time together these days. Mark George and Jim Vena are back and forth to each other's headquarters frequently, they told a crowd at Railway Age's…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (916+ words) If the proposed merger of Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific is approved by federal regulators, the nearly half-century-old Norfolk Southern brand will disappear " as many other railroad brands before it. But the railroad company has no plans to leave its…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (504+ words) Georgia is growing fast. Families and businesses continue to move and expand here, and our transportation infrastructure is more important than ever to maintain our economic strength. Whether we're talking about congestion on I-75, bottlenecks at our ports or the increasing…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1024+ words) A proposed merger with Union Pacific would result in a heavy loss of jobs at Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern's headquarters, according to documents filed Friday outlining the deal. In their 7, 000-page merger application to the Surface Transportation Board, the companies laid…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1406+ words) In the two and half years since Norfolk Southern's devastating train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the company has undergone what it calls a "safety transformation." The 2023 derailment was a wake-up call for Norfolk Southern and the industry. The crash,…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (908+ words) Less than seven years ago, Georgia and Atlanta leaders celebrated a major coup: convincing Norfolk Southern to move its headquarters to Midtown Atlanta from Virginia. The railroad's then-CEO promised to create or relocate 850 jobs to a gleaming, $575 million building on…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (987+ words) The team carefully unearthed four skeletons, including one with a bullet in the spine, and three amputated legs. They quickly surmised the bones were actually from the Civil War, when a makeshift hospital operated nearby and treated gravely wounded Confederate…...