Norfolk Southern $500K contribution unites railroad history collections

ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern has facilitated a significant archival exchange between the Atlanta History Center and the Georgia ...
Daily Herald

A railway merger trifecta? What supersized UP/Norfolk Southern combo could mean

Here we go again. For the second time in recent years, two railroad titans are contemplating a marriage that could shake the freight landscape nationally and locally. Union Pacific Railroad and ...
WRBL

Columbus officials sue Norfolk Southern over 90 acres of railroad property

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The City of Columbus has filed a civil lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway, claiming ownership of land the railroad has occupied for decades. The suit, filed late last week ...
Virginia Business

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern seek 1st transcontinental railroad through massive merger

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, and potentially trigger a final wave of rail ...
Post and Courier

Charleston’s still the first stop on the Norfolk Southern line

A potential transcontinental railroad tie-up could take some Lowcountry history along for the ride. Last week, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific confirmed earlier speculation that they’ve been in ...
The State

Columbia train derailment caused another train to crash, lawsuit says

Three years after a Norfolk Southern train derailed, injuring two employees, the rail company is taking the owners of a Richland County pasta facility to federal court. In a lawsuit filed July 1, ...
The Hill

Union Pacific, Norfolk to merge, create America’s first coast-to-coast railroad: What to know

The proposed merger on Tuesday of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would create the first coast-to-coast railroad in the United States that would be controlled by a single entity. The deal, valued ...