Norfolk Southern Corporation
The Norfolk Southern (NS) railroad is one of two large rail transportation systems in the eastern United States. The road covers from Michigan and the northern states south to the edge of Florida and west to the Mississippi River.
NS enters Michigan from two main directions - a double track main line north from Toledo, and a single track line which leaves the NS main line at Butler, Indiana and heads northeast through Montpelier, Ohio, Adrian and Romulus. Both of these lines terminate in the Detroit terminal area.
NS also handles freight operations on a third line which was recently sold to the State of Michigan for Amtrak operations. The line, which is the old Michigan Central main line, leaves the Detroit terminal at Town Line (Dearborn) and heads west through Wayne, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Jackson, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo and Niles, rejoining the NS main line at Porter, Indiana (near Michigan City).
In the Detroit terminal, NS jointly owns the Conrail Shared Assets are along with CSX. Both NS and CSX use these lines to reach Detroit yards and industry.
Larger NS yards in the Detroit area are: River Rouge, Oakwood (Melvindale), North Yard (Detroit) and Sterling Heights.
Website: Norfolk Southern Corporation
Photo: NS 2514 westbound near Wayne, MI 2003 [Dale Berry photo]
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28 March 2024
- Vote on insurgent effort at Norfolk Southern set for May 9 - FreightWaves
- Activist investor group would put Norfolk Southern back on PSR path, reduce operating ratio to 57% - Trains - TRAINS Magazine
- Residents near East Palestine train derailment express frustration at promises of aid - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Man air lifted after being struck by a Norfolk Southern train in West Virginia - WTRF
- Norfolk Southern pays up to hire Canadian Pacific KC executive as COO - The Business Journals
- Class I Briefs: NS, CN - RailwayAge Magazine
- Norfolk Southern urges shareholders to reject activist investor's takeover plan at the railroad - The Associated Press
- Norfolk Southern freight train derails in Pennsylvania - The Independent
- Norfolk Southern CEO received 37% raise following derailment - CNN
- Norfolk Southern freight train cars derail in Pennsylvania - CNBC
- Norfolk Southern appoints Delta's Betsy Talton-Buck as CCO - PR Week
- CSX, NS prepare for rerouting traffic at Baltimore port - RailPrime | ProgressiveRailroading - Progressive Rail Roading
- Norfolk Southern appoints industry veteran John Orr as chief operating officer - PR Newswire
- Norfolk Southern alone should pay for cleanup of Ohio train derailment, judge says - The Associated Press
- Norfolk Southern CEO says activist investor's responses to settlement are 'unreasonable' - CNBC