Norfolk Southern's quarterly profits were again inflated by insurance payments related to its disastrous 2023 derailment in eastern Ohio, but even without that, the railroad's profits still grew.

Norfolk Southern has said it will provide financial aid to the residents and businesses of East Palestine and work to clean up the area. Mr. Shaw, the chief executive, wrote a letter saying that ...

Norfolk Southern announced Tuesday it reached an $85 billion acquisition agreement with Union Pacific, a blockbuster merger that’s potentially the largest in American railroad history. If ...

A 2.55-mile-long Norfolk Southern freight train derailed near Springfield, Ohio, on March 4. On March 7, a Norfolk Southern employee was killed during a train movement in Cleveland.

Omaha-based Union Pacific Railroad’s announcement Tuesday that it is acquiring the Norfolk Southern Railway — a move that would create the first transcontinental, coast-to-coast rail system ...

Railroad safety concerns became widespread last year after a Norfolk Southern train derailed, spilled hazardous chemicals and caught fire in East Palestine, Ohio, in February.

Norfolk Southern has donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross for hurricane relief efforts and is providing grants to the railroad’s employees for disaster-related losses and expenses.

WASHINGTON — The fire and chemical spill caused by the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in Ohio has renewed a more than decadelong battle in Washington over ways to bolster rail safety.

Norfolk Southern earned $1.1 billion, or $4.85 per share in the quarter, up significantly from a year ago, when profits were hurt by mounting costs related to the derailment.

Norfolk Southern’s first-quarter earnings report Wednesday gave the railroad the opportunity to publicly defend CEO Alan Shaw’s strategy again before investors decide on May 9 whether to back him.

Norfolk Southern’s lift bridge over the South branch of the Elizabeth River was built in 1974. It replaced a 1907 swing bridge built by the Virginian Railway.

Norfolk Southern Corp. said it plans to acquire Cincinnati Southern Railway, a railway line that it currently leases from the city of Cincinnati, for around $1.62 billion.