NS offers free haulage for New York's WTC debris - Industry Today - Norfolk Southern contributes to World Trade Center cleanup effort - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

Railway Track and Structures, Oct, 2001

Norfolk Southern advised New York state and city officials that it is offering free transportation service for removing non-hazardous construction and demolition debris from the World Trade Center site.

NS has arranged to provide up to 1,000 heavy-duty rail cars to be staged in the North Jersey Shared Assets Area. NS will transport the debris to disposal sites on its rail system.

Also, NS has launched an Internet system that gives customers the ability to order merchandise carload rail equipment for loading the following week or up to several weeks in advance. The Car Order application (eCARS) is part of the railroad's Thoroughbred Information System suite of Web-based e-commerce applications.