Eastern Railroad Discussion > NS Opens Atlanta Headquarters

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 Norfolk Southern opened its new headquarters in Midtown Atlanta on Thursday with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
The Class 1 railroad is housed in a 750,000-foot building in Tech Square that sits on 3.4 acres.

The complex features two steel and glass towers equipped with touchless technology, open work spaces, street-level plazas and roof-type terraces.

There is a food hall, coffee shop, 24-hour fitness center, and on-site daycare.
NS had been based in Norfolk, Virginia, since 1982 when it was created by the merger of Norfolk & Western and the Southern Railway.

Norfolk Southern opens new headquarters building in Atlanta | News | Norfolk Southern (nscorp.com)

I wonder why it needed an "artist in residence studio" ? I guess that I just don't get it.

Hey, don't knock the "glass house". After all, at least they have their priorities straight (eyeroll)....?!?!

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On site daycare is a nice perk to convince employees to return to work

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ts1457 Wrote:
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> Norfolk Southern opens new headquarters building
> in Atlanta | News | Norfolk Southern (nscorp.com)
>
> I wonder why it needed an "artist in residence
> studio" ? I guess that I just don't get it.

To paint smiles on the NS's customers faces?

I don't think this is an improvement of good use of stockholder money

I am all for progress and change...but how many crew starts per year would this project have funded if invested well ????  NS recently blocked multiple crossings near me for 6 days but they can proudly proclaim an artist-in-residence space - to quote Jeff Foxwothy "there's your sign".

pt199 Wrote:
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> http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/3e5706924b99c2e99ef1f
> 023069802e9?s=50&d=identicon&r=GNS Opens Atlanta
> Headquarters Complexby csanders429
>
>  Norfolk Southern opened its new headquarters in
> Midtown Atlanta on Thursday with a ribbon cutting
> ceremony.
> The Class 1 railroad is housed in a 750,000-foot
> building in Tech Square that sits on 3.4 acres.
>
> The complex features two steel and glass towers
> equipped with touchless technology, open work
> spaces, street-level plazas and roof-type
> terraces.
>
> There is a food hall, coffee shop, 24-hour fitness
> center, and on-site daycare.
> NS had been based in Norfolk, Virginia, since 1982
> when it was created by the merger of Norfolk &
> Western and the Southern Railway.

What would Hunter do?!?!

Don’t these infidels realize that to practice pure PSR you are supposed to put doors in Conex containers and call it good enough. I mean it’s good enough for train crews when they decide they don’t want to fix up the old depot’s and yard office’s.
Line up about 30 Port-a-Johns and call it good.

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Some nice special  locomotives that people recognize to pull a train around the railroad so management 
can see and meet customers, employees, local leaders and understand conditions would be a better use
of money than building a Taj Mahal to hide from your railroad inside of

Didn't the Georgia taxpayers foot the bill for much of this project?


Georgia and Virginia were both throwing money at NS to locate their HQ.

Wouldn't it be nice if they spent this money helping kids to read and write?

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I’m sorry but screw the special paint on locomotives so Foamers can take pictures and save the free turkey hot dogs (1 per employee! True story) for another day. Treat you employees with better regard than dog turds and give a damn about your customers, that’s where I wanna see the effort go.

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ts1457 Wrote:
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> Norfolk Southern opens new headquarters building
> in Atlanta | News | Norfolk Southern (nscorp.com)
>
> I wonder why it needed an "artist in residence
> studio" ? I guess that I just don't get it.

That artist use to work for Hallmark Greeting cards. When a customer files a complaint, the artist quickly draws up heart felt apology card and sends it to said customer.

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SP4360 Wrote:
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> Well that will certainly make their trains run
> more efficiently.

I thought NS had become a technology company, that happens to (attempt to) run trains.

RMD23 Wrote:
----------------------------------------- - to quote Jeff Foxwothy
> "there's your sign".

Actually, that was Bill Engvall, but, point well taken.

NS continues to stall trains climbing the mountain between Altoona & Johnstown in what is becoming a daily occurrence, not to mention, as noted yesterday, 12G dropping a few cars on the ground in Cresson. Is this fancy building going to somehow fix that? Doubt it.

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Off-pending Wrote:
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Appreciate it.

My Gosh!  I never would have imagined. 

That artist must really be busy.

> That artist use to work for Hallmark Greeting
> cards. When a customer files a complaint, the
> artist quickly draws up heart felt apology card
> and sends it to said customer.
 

reel_smooth Wrote:
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> NS continues to stall trains climbing the mountain
> between Altoona & Johnstown in what is becoming a
> daily occurrence, not to mention, as noted
> yesterday, 12G dropping a few cars on the ground
> in Cresson. Is this fancy building going to
> somehow fix that? Doubt it.
>
> Posted from iPhone

NO!! Talk about reporting to work and watch the money roll in??!!

And customers will continue to wait an insane amount of time for their cars?!?!

Why can't those pesky customers just go away?!?! Have to set a NEW RECORD LOW operating ratio you know...

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ns1000 Wrote:
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> reel_smooth Wrote:
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> ----
> > NS continues to stall trains climbing the
> mountain
> > between Altoona & Johnstown in what is becoming
> a
> > daily occurrence, not to mention, as noted
> > yesterday, 12G dropping a few cars on the
> ground
> > in Cresson. Is this fancy building going to
> > somehow fix that? Doubt it.
> >
> > Posted from iPhone
>
> NO!! Talk about reporting to work and watch the
> money roll in??!!
>
> And customers will continue to wait an insane
> amount of time for their cars?!?!
>
> Why can't those pesky customers just go away?!?!
> Have to set a NEW RECORD LOW operating ratio you
> know...
>
> Posted from Android

YES!

Just think if the Carriers could get all the customers to go away. How low the operating ratio could go if ALL Jobs could be annulled and nothing operated!

They’ll be rich I tells ya!!

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Didn't the Georgia taxpayers foot the bill for
> much of this project?
>
>
> Georgia and Virginia were both throwing money at
> NS to locate their HQ.
>
> Wouldn't it be nice if they spent this money
> helping kids to read and write?
>
> Posted from Android

Maybe not the Georgia taxpayers but the City of Atlanta taxpayers did.  NS wanted a HUGE tax break and of course it was granted at the expense of the city taxpayers.

NKPSOUTHERN Wrote:
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> Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> > Didn't the Georgia taxpayers foot the bill for
> > much of this project?
> >
> >
> > Georgia and Virginia were both throwing money
> at
> > NS to locate their HQ.
> >
> > Wouldn't it be nice if they spent this money
> > helping kids to read and write?
> >
> > Posted from Android
>
> Maybe not the Georgia taxpayers but the City of
> Atlanta taxpayers did.  NS wanted a HUGE tax
> break and of course it was granted at the expense
> of the city taxpayers.

While the city industrial arm provided the final financing, the state was actively involved.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution noted the discussions began under Governor Deal, and continued under Governor Kemp. The state will pay incentives for new to Georgia jobs.

Mr Kemp and then Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms were on the platform with CEO Squires.

https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/norfolk-southern-breaks-ground-shifts-workers-atlanta/Za3kZ0vxxzE6udMrFchSMJ/

NKPSOUTHERN Wrote:
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> NS wanted a HUGE tax break and of course it was granted at the expense of the city taxpayers.

While the granting of tax breaks reduces the income due the city one has to consider the alternative.
If the company locates somewhere else the city gets $0.
The only drawback is that the city is providing tax supported services during the abatement period.