http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/ en NS.TFNU@gmail.com Copyright 2011 2011-09-07T19:48:41+00:00 http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/norfolk-southern-2011-report-details-strengthened-connections-through-corporate-sustainability/ http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/norfolk-southern-2011-report-details-strengthened-connections-through-corporate-sustainability/ NORFOLK, VA. - Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) has made significant strides in its corporate sustainability program, including achieving nearly 40 percent of its five-year greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal during the first year. 2011-09-07T19:48:41+00:00 http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/norfolk-southerns-heartland-corridor-project-wins-railway-design-award-/ http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/norfolk-southerns-heartland-corridor-project-wins-railway-design-award-/ NORFOLK, VA. - Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) has made significant strides in its corporate sustainability program, including achieving nearly 40 percent of its five-year greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal during the first year. 2011-08-10T20:17:39+00:00 http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/norfolk-southern-named-one-of-40-best-companies-for-diversity-by-black-enterprise-magazine/ http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/norfolk-southern-named-one-of-40-best-companies-for-diversity-by-black-enterprise-magazine/ NORFOLK, VA. - BLACK ENTERPRISE magazine today announced that Norfolk Southern has been named to its 2011 list of the 40 Best Companies for Diversity. This is the second consecutive year that Norfolk Southern has made the list. The company was cited for the diversity of its senior management. 2011-07-21T19:36:06+00:00 http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/trees-and-trains-norfolk-southern-and-greentrees-launch-conservation-program/ http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/trees-and-trains-norfolk-southern-and-greentrees-launch-conservation-program/ YAZOO CITY, MISS. -- Underscoring its leadership in "conservation capitalism" -- the growing understanding that environmental progress and American business are closely linked -- Norfolk Southern signed a $5.6 million, five-year reforestation and carbon sequestration agreement with GreenTrees LLC and planted a ceremonial first tree at the Rick Lowery Farm here today. 2011-06-20T19:23:03+00:00 http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/the-economy-and-environment-get-a-boost-as-construction-begins-on-birmingham-regional-intermodal-fac/ http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/the-economy-and-environment-get-a-boost-as-construction-begins-on-birmingham-regional-intermodal-fac/ MCCALLA, ALA. –Norfolk Southern’s CEO Wick Moorman and Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley joined state and local officials and business leaders today to officially break ground on the new Birmingham Regional Intermodal Facility here. The $97.5 million facility is part of the railroad’s multi-state Crescent Corridor initiative to establish an efficient, high-capacity intermodal freight rail route between the Gulf Coast and the Northeast. It occupies a 316-acre site adjacent to the Jefferson Metropolitan Park in McCalla and is expected to open in late 2012. 2011-06-06T15:06:20+00:00 http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/construction-begins-on-105-million-memphis-regional-intermodal-facility/ http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/construction-begins-on-105-million-memphis-regional-intermodal-facility/ ROSSVILLE, TENN. - Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam joined state and local dignitaries and business and community leaders today at the groundbreaking for the new Memphis Regional Intermodal Facility in Rossville, Tenn. The $105 million facility is part of the multi-state $2.5 billion Crescent Corridor initiative to establish an efficient, high-capacity intermodal freight rail route between the South and the Northeast on Norfolk Southern's rail network. 2011-04-29T19:36:43+00:00 http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/norfolk-southern-breaks-ground-on-new-95-million-intermodal-terminal-in-greencastle-pa/ http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/norfolk-southern-breaks-ground-on-new-95-million-intermodal-terminal-in-greencastle-pa/ GREENCASTLE, PA. - Today Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman was joined by Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, Federal Railroad Administration Deputy Administrator Karen Rae, Rep. Bill Shuster, and other state and local dignitaries to officially break ground for the new Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility in Greencastle, Pa. 2010-10-19T18:09:45+00:00 http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/norfolk-southerns-heartland-corridor-good-news-for-the-us-west-virginia-and-rail-customers/ http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/norfolk-southerns-heartland-corridor-good-news-for-the-us-west-virginia-and-rail-customers/ PRICHARD, W.VA. - Guests at a ceremony here saw something they hadn't seen before when Norfolk Southern Train 236 rolled through at 11 a.m. today. 2010-09-13T18:02:35+00:00 http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/heartland-corridor-officially-opens/ http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/heartland-corridor-officially-opens/ Norfolk Southern's Heartland Corridor - one of the most extensive railroad engineering projects in modern times and a template for public-private partnerships that strengthen the nation's transportation infrastructure - officially opened for business today. 2010-09-09T18:07:22+00:00 http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/rickenbacker-terminal-part-of-better-rail-route-to-the-east-coast/ http://www.thefutureneedsus.com/latest-news/rickenbacker-terminal-part-of-better-rail-route-to-the-east-coast/ Trains are nothing new in central Ohio, but they are poised to play a bigger role in the area's economy. 2010-09-09T14:41:39+00:00