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Axion Power to Work With Norfolk Southern on Battery-Driven Locomotive Project

June 9, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Axion Power International said it will launch a development program with Norfolk Southern Corp. to develop a battery management system that would allow rail locomotives to operate on battery power and recharge their batteries through regenerative braking. “Railways are the most fuel-efficient method of transporting freight, moving a ton of freight 457 miles on a single gallon of fuel,” Axion Power Chairman & CEO Thomas Granville said. “The ability to run locomotives on electricity is well-established, although the standard means of doing so to date has either been a third rail or an overhead connection –

Union Pacific Railroad Employee Wins 2009 Hammond Award

May 20, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON — As an advocate for safety and a champion for change, Willie Sandoval, a boilermaker with Union Pacific Railroad in Fort Worth, Texas, was named the 2009 winner of the Harold F. Hammond Award.

Prospects for Rail Remain Bright, Norfolk Southern CEO Tells Stockholders

May 13, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

NORFOLK — Norfolk Southern Corp. performed well through the recession and has positive momentum for continuing success in 2010 and beyond, said Chief Executive Officer Wick Moorman during the company’s 28th annual stockholders meeting, held in Williamsburg, Va.

Forty-six Norfolk Southern Customers Earn Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award for 2009

May 3, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. announced that 46 customers will receive the company’s Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award for 2009 in recognition of their safe handling of hazardous chemical products.

Norfolk Southern Reports First-Quarter 2010 Results

April 28, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

NORFOLK, Va. — For the first quarter of 2010, Norfolk Southern Corp. reported net income of $257 million, or $0.68 per diluted share, 45 percent higher compared with $177 million, or $0.47 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2009.

Norfolk Southern Goes Social: The Thoroughbred is on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr

April 15, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. has expanded its communications with online audiences, distributing information, video, and photos on popular social media Web sites. News media, customers, shareholders, bloggers, and other opinion leaders now can keep up to date on Norfolk Southern news and information through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr. “A 180-year-old company that traces its roots to the earliest days of railroading in America now connects with digital-age audiences who get their news through online networking,” said Frank Brown, AVP corporate communications. “Our expanded presence on the Internet serves the growing number of people who receive information about

Norfolk Southern CEO Notes Positive Momentum in 2009 Annual Report Message to Stockholders

April 1, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

NORFOLK, Va. — In his recent message to stockholders in the 2009 Annual Report, Norfolk Southern Corporation CEO Wick Moorman says the company “withstood the economic shocks of 2009 to produce good economic results, and I go into 2010 with a sense of optimism for our future prospects.”

AAR: 2009 Safest Year Ever for Nation’s Freight Railroads

March 12, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads announced that 2009 was the safest year in freight railroad history, with preliminary year-end data indicating the train accident rate, employee casualty rate and grade crossing incident rates were all at record low levels last year.

AAR Reports Monthly Carload Declines Slow in February 2010

March 10, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported that in February 2010, U.S. freight railroads saw a 1.5 percent decline in carloads compared with the same month last year and a decline of 15.6 percent compared with the same month in 2008.

NS Agrees to Pay $4M Penalty Over 2005 Graniteville Wreck

March 8, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON — Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has agreed to pay a $4 million penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and hazardous materials laws for a 2005 chlorine spill in Graniteville, S.C., the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced.