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The TowneBank Building (formerly the Norfolk Southern Tower) is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Norfolk, Virginia, United States.The building was notable as being the corporate headquarters of one of the United States' five Class I railroads, Norfolk Southern, until the relocation of their headquarters to Atlanta, GA in 2021. [1]
Norfolk Southern's predecessor railroads date to the early 19th century. The South Carolina Canal & Rail Road was the SOU's earliest predecessor line. Chartered in 1827, the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company became the first to offer regularly scheduled passenger train service with the inaugural run of the Best Friend of Charleston in 1830. [18]
The building served as the executive headquarters for the Southern Railway until 1982, when the company merged with the Roanoke, Virginia-based Norfolk and Western Railway. [2] The newly-formed Norfolk Southern Railway moved its headquarters to Norfolk, Virginia and moved out of the Washington, D.C. offices. [2]
Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw, at center, prepares to speak at the Senate hearing on improving rail safety in response to the East Palestine, Ohio train Derailment on, March 22, 2023. On Sept. 11 ...
The insurance payments Norfolk Southern is collecting during the fourth quarter related to the disastrous East Palestine, Ohio, derailment in 2023 and ensuing cleanup provided a $32 million boost ...
Ownership under Norfolk Southern's Alabama Great Southern Railroad subsidiary AGS South District: Irondale, AL Meridian, MS Ownership under Norfolk Southern's Alabama Great Southern Railroad subsidiary N.O & N.E. District: Ownership under Norfolk Southern's Alabama Great Southern Railroad subsidiary, a former New Orleans and Northeastern ...
East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million settlement resolving all of the village’s claims arising from the disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania ...
In 1992 N&W's successor Norfolk Southern moved into a new office building in Downtown Roanoke and donated the former offices to a nonprofit foundation. [5] The two wings comprising GOB–South were converted to upscale apartments in 2002, [5] while GOB–North is the home of the Roanoke Higher Education Center. [6]