Norfolk Southern's quarterly profit slipped 12% amid the uncertain economy, as well as costs related to its efforts to merge with Union Pacific and create a transcontinental railroad.
Shareholders of Union Pacific and Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern backed the railroads’ proposed $85 billion merger to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast rail network.
In an exclusive interview with GPB's Pamela Kirkland, environmental whistleblower Scott Smith discusses documents about suspected surveillance while he gathered soil and water samples after the BioLab fire in Conyers, Ga., in the fall of 2024.
On the July 29 edition: Recent protests are driven by older women; State officials release info around which students are taking advantage of private school vouchers; and a proposed data center in Monroe County failed to get past a zoning committee.
Union Pacific offers $20 billion cash and one share of its stock to buy Georgia-headquartered Norfolk Southern in a merger that could trigger the final wave of railroad mergers across the country.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are confirming they're in merger talks that would create North America's largest railroad, stretching service from East to West coasts.
On the Monday, Feb. 2 edition of Georgia Today: Two years after the East Palestine derailment, Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern faces a new lawsuit; protesters gather to oppose immgration raids; and Jimmy Carter receives a posthumous Grammy award.
Using cameras and artificial intelligence developed in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology, the freight company plans to catch issues quicker.
Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million dollars in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February of last year in eastern Ohio.
Today is the last day to submit written comments on a plan to mine near Georgia's Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in eastern Ohio.
Biden had promised to visit soon after the derailment. He has faced criticism from some residents and from former President Donald Trump, who made a trip to the community shortly after the disaster.
The East Palestine community is divided and exhausted, with many residents ready to move forward, even as others continue to raise concerns about the air and water.
Regulators say Norfolk Southern has made improvements since a fiery Ohio derailment but still falls well short of being the "gold standard for safety" it is striving to be. Instead, the railroad is too often only willing to meet minimum safety requirements.
