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Headquarters: Three Commercial Place Website: http://www.nscorp.com
Norfolk Southern Corporation is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates approximately 20,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in the eastern United States, and provides superior connections to western rail carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is North America’s largest rail carrier of metals and automotive products. The company owns or leases 4,163 locomotives and 87,414 freight cars. Norfolk Southern is North America's largest rail carrier of automotive parts and finished vehicles. In 2011, the company reported record revenues of $11.2 billion and net income of $1.9 billion. "Norfolk Southern achieved all-time records for revenues, operating income, net income, and earnings per share during 2011, and set fourth-quarter records for revenues, net income, and earnings per share," said Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman. "In 2012 we will remain committed to enhancing our service product, maintaining the safety and quality of our rail network, improving operational efficiency, and supporting growth." History Norfolk and Western Railway is the product of more than 200 railroad mergers spanning a century and a half. Beginning in 1838 with a nine-mile line from Petersburg, VA, to City Point, VA, NW grew to a system serving 14 states and a province of Canada on more than 7,000 miles of road. Southern Railway is the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined since the 1830s. The nine-mile South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Co., Southern's earliest predecessor line, was chartered in December 1827 and ran the nation's first regularly scheduled passenger train - the wood-burning "Best Friend of Charleston" - out of Charleston, SC, on Christmas Day 1830. By 1833, its 136-mile line to Hamburg, SC, was the longest in the world. In 1976, Conrail is created as the Rail Revitalization and Regulatory Reform (4R) Act is signed into law. Government combines bankrupt Penn Central, Lehigh & Hudson River, Erie Lackawanna, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Lehigh Valley, Reading and the ailing Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. April 1 is CR's first day of operation. At its formation, CR is nation's largest railroad with 34,000 miles of track in 16 states, 96,000 employees, 4,600 locomotives and 152,000 freight cars. In 1982, Norfok Western and Southern Railway create Norfolk Southern Corp. In 1998, Norfolk Southern would acquire Conrail. Benefits Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage. We offer comprehensive and affordable medical coverage through a network of physicians, facilities and other providers. Your cost depends on your benefit choices. You choose the plan that best fits your lifestyle. Updated February 25, 2012 |