COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The City of Columbus has filed a civil lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway, claiming ownership of land the railroad has occupied for decades.
The suit, filed late last week in Muscogee County Superior Court, names Norfolk Southern and seven other railroad companies. The city alleges they are illegally operating on city-owned property.
For more than 30 years, business, political, and civic leaders have pushed to relocate the Norfolk Southern railyard from prime real estate just east of downtown…