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Norfolk Southern Railroad

Norfolk Southern Railway
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NS system map; trackage rights in purple
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Reporting mark NS
Locale Eastern United States
Dates of operation 1982 (1982)–Present
Predecessor
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length 21,500 miles (34,600 kilometres)
Headquarters Norfolk, Virginia
Website nscorp.com
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Public
Traded as NSC
DJTA Component
S&P 500 Component
Industry Transportation
Founded Norfolk, Virginia, USA (July 23, 1980 (1980-07-23))
Headquarters Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Key people
  • James A. Squires
(Chairman, President & CEO)
Revenue
  • Increase US$ 11.245 billion (2013)
  • Decrease US$ 11.04 billion (2012)
  • Increase US$ 3.257 billion (2013)
  • Decrease US$ 3.124 billion (2012)
  • Increase US$ 1.91 billion (2013)
  • Decrease US$ 1.749 billion (2012)
Total assets
  • Increase US$ 32.483 billion (2013)
  • Increase US$ 30.342 billion (2012)
Total equity
  • Increase US$ 11.289 billion (2013)
  • Decrease US$ 9.76 billion (2012)
Number of employees
  • Increase 30,943
Website nscorp.com

The Norfolk Southern Railway (reporting mark NS) is a Class I railroad in the United States. With headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, the company operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia, and has rights in Canada from Buffalo to Toronto and over the Albany to Montreal route. NS is responsible for maintaining 26,300 miles, with the remainder being operated under trackage rights from other parties responsible for maintenance. The common commodity hauled on the railroad is coal from mines in Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The railroad also offers the largest intermodal network in eastern North America.

NS is a major transporter of domestic and export coal. The railroad's major sources of the mineral are located in: Pennsylvania's Cambria and Indiana counties, as well as the Monongahela Valley; West Virginia; and the Appalachia regions of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. In Pennsylvania, NS also receives coal through interchange with R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines at Cresson, Pennsylvania, originating in the "Clearfield Cluster". NS's export of West Virginia bituminous coal begins transport on portions of the well-engineered former Virginian Railway and the former N&W double-tracked line in Eastern Virginia to its Lambert's Point coal pier on Hampton Roads at Norfolk. Coal transported by NS is thus exported to steel mills and power plants around the world. The company is also a major transporter of auto parts and completed vehicles. It operates intermodal container and TOFC (trailer on flat car) trains, some in conjunction with other railroads. NS was the first railway to employ roadrailers, which are highway truck trailers with interchangeable wheel sets.


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