First is the ability and willing- ness of Norfolk Southern people to get the job done. When customers needed us at a rate that surpassed all our predic- tions, our people stepped up and provided service for the business our shippers brought us. We were able to handle increases of 8.8 ...
System Map (1969)An official, 1969 system map of the original Norfolk Southern Railway. Author's collection.In 1949 its traffic base had diversified far beyond wood products and totaled more than $8.7 million in gross revenues that year with freight consisting of everything from agricultural ...
on the Southern side of Hampton Roads, and Norfolk, a rapidly growing Southern metropolis, there has been developed, in the heart of a rich, farm-trucking region, an attractive Negro community, calledTitustown, in which all the people own their own homes and not a single renter is found....
specific operations that go into the line's customer-oriented approach, including its vast intermodal network. Along with each of Norfolk Southern's eleven operating divisions, this book offers a close look at motive power, a wealth of colour photographs, and a specially commissioned system map. ...