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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13 May 2024
- Norfolk Southern Pulling Out of the Station After Proxy Fight, Leaving Activist Ancora in the Dust - RailwayAge Magazine
- Activist investor group Ancora gets three directors voted onto Norfolk Southern board - The Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Would closing 3 railroad crossings make Mechanicsburg safer? - The Sentinel
- Activist Ancora Wins Three Norfolk Southern Board Seats but Will Not Oust CEO - The New York Times
- Activist investor wins 3 Norfolk Southern board seats but won't have control to fire CEO - The Associated Press
- Norfolk Southern is getting back on track–but activist investor Ancora is trying to derail it in a vicious proxy fight - Fortune
- Activist wins three board seats at US railroad Norfolk Southern but fails to oust CEO - Financial Times
- Norfolk Southern Shareholders Vote Thursday to Keep CEO Alan Shaw - WSJ - The Wall Street Journal
- Norfolk Southern Faces Activist Investor Challenge - The New York Times
- Norfolk Southern activist Ancora wins three board seats but falls short of ousting CEO - CNBC
- What the proxy fight at Norfolk Southern means for railroad safety - CNN
- Rail News - BREAKING: Norfolk Southern shareholders elect 10 of company's 13 director nominees. For Railroad ... - Progressive Rail Roading
- Norfolk Southern to buy regional railroad for $1.6 billion - Yahoo Movies Canada
- Exclusive: Activist Ancora poised to win some board seats at Norfolk Southern, sources say - Reuters
- Norfolk Southern shareholders back CEO Alan Shaw but give activist investors three board seats (updated) - Trains - TRAINS Magazine