Norfolk Southern CEO sets Monday deadline for Atlanta to OK development deal, paper reports

By Robert McCabe, Staff Writer, The Virginian-Pilot; October 31, 2018 Norfolk Southern Corp. has given the Atlanta City Council an…

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Atlanta: MARTA plans commuter rail line for Clayton County

By David Wickert and Leon Stafford, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; October 19, 2018 MARTA is close to approving a passenger rail…

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Norfolk Southern tells employees: Atlanta move could happen

By Robert McCabe, The Virginian-Pilot; October 18, 2018 NORFOLK Do they stay or do they go? A video from CEO…

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Norfolk, Virginia mayor: No bidding war for Norfolk Southern

By J. Scott Trubey, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; October 8, 2018 The mayor of Norfolk, Va., said over the weekend that…

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$2.7 billion plan for new Atlanta transportation projects OK’d by MARTA

By Tyler Estep, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; October 4, 2018 MARTA officials approved Thursday the blueprint that will guide Atlanta’s largest…

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A “deal has already been struck”: Norfolk, Virginia mayor expecting Norfolk Southern to move headquarters to Atlanta

By Robert McCabe, The Virginian-Pilot; October 3, 2018 NORFOLK A decision on a possible move of Norfolk Southern Corp.’s headquarters…

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Norfolk, Virginia mayor doesn’t plan to let Norfolk Southern go without putting up a fight

  By Robert McCabe, The Virginian-Pilot; September 26, 2018 NORFOLK The wheels are turning on a complicated development deal in…

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Norfolk Southern weighing a move of its headquarters to Atlanta, reports say

By Robert McCabe, The Virginian-Pilot; September 7, 2018 Norfolk Southern Corp. is considering moving its corporate headquarters to Atlanta, according…

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Inside the renovation of century-old Southern Railway Buildings, a downtown Atlanta landmark

By Josh Green, Atlanta Curbed; August 27, 2018 Atlanta famously sprung to life as a railroad town, and the long,…

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Atlanta: Fresh renderings of South Downtown’s Norfolk Southern renovation emerge

By Sean Keenan, Curbed Atlanta; July 26, 2018 Two railroad company buildings older than a century in South Downtown appear…

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Atlanta preservationists mourn loss of Terminal Station Interlocking Tower

By Sean Keenan, Curbed Atlanta; June 25, 2018 The Interlocking Tower for Atlanta’s Terminal Station, built in 1905, was used…

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MARTA to assume ownership of Atlanta Streetcar on July 1st

By Collin Kelley, Atlanta InTown; June 5, 2018 MARTA will assume ownership and day-to-day operations of the Atlanta Streetcar from…

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The Daily CSX: Big land for big Atlanta dreams is opening up on westside

By Matt Kempner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; April 3, 2018 A chunk of railroad land that stretches across more than three…

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Metro Atlanta gets commuter rail and something called ‘the ATL’

By Jim Galloway, Atlanta Journal-Constitution; March 30, 2018 With all due apologies to Nancy Pelosi, the state Legislature of Georgia…

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Loft apartments to fill former Norfolk Southern building in downtown Atlanta

By J. Scott Trubey, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; February 21, 2018 The Los Angeles developer behind plans to turn downtown Atlanta’s…

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Siemens, Atlanta Streetcar ink digital services pact

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; February 15, 2018 Siemens has formed a long-term technical and digital service partnership with the Atlanta…

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Free Atlanta Streetcar rides? MARTA considers changes

By David Wickert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; February 9, 2018 Riding the Atlanta Streetcar may be free again when MARTA takes…

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MARTA to replace fleet of trains — some of which have run since 1979

By Becca J. G. Godwin, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; January 18, 2018 On the last day of June in 1979, a…

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The Daily CSX: CSX officials say relocation of train dispatchers was planned, but mix-up in timeline had some relocating too soon

By Drew Dixon, The Florida Times-Union; November 22, 2017 Jacksonville-based CSX acknowledged on Wednesday that it did have plans to…

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The Daily CSX: CSX cannot explain dispatcher relocation notice

By Drew Dixon, The Florida Times-Union; November 21, 2017 Jacksonville-based CSX is mystified over a June notice on a bulletin…

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How I Rolled on the Crescent: New York to New Orleans by Rail

By ROBERT SIMONSON, The New York Times; November 1, 2017 Everyone I told said the same thing: “Oh, my God!…

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Tennessee: Chattanooga-Atlanta bullet train could lure millions of air travelers to Chattanooga airport

By Mike Pare, Times Free Press; October 15, 2017 “It’s the flights, stupid.” That’s David Crockett’s mantra when it comes…

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Atlanta: Railroad line could offer commuters another way home

By Sally Sears, WGCL CBS 46 Atlanta; September 28, 2017 ATLANTA (CBS46) – An almost invisible railroad line through downtown…

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FRA Releases Georgia-Tennessee High-Speed Rail Record of Decision

Friday, September 29, 2017 FRA Public Affairsfrapa@dot.gov FRA Releases Georgia-Tennessee High-Speed Rail Record of Decision High-Speed Rail System Will Connect Atlanta…

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