Norfolk Southern rehires 42 employees in Roanoke

Norfolk Southern Corp. has recently rehired 42 employees in Roanoke, bringing them back to work after layoffs in October.

Thirty of the hires were in the railroad’s communications and signals system, and another 12 were in the Roanoke locomotive shop, according to NS spokesman Robin Chapman.

In October, the company announced about 200 job cuts in the Roanoke and Bluefield, W.Va., areas, which were attributed to falling coal shipments. About 60 of those jobs were in the Roanoke area.

Since then, 60 permanent and 70 temporary positions have become available throughout the railroad’s 22-state system. Chapman said he did not know how many of those slots were filled by laid-off employees from the Roanoke area.

NS has about 1,700 employees in the region.

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