Norfolk Southern Snapshot
Our vision is to be the safest, most customer-focused, and successful transportation company in the world.
Norfolk Southern is a Fortune 300 and a 2018 Forbes America's Best Employers Company.
Its main subsidiary, Norfolk Southern Railway, transports freight over an asset network consisting 4,000 locomotives, 69,000 rail cars, and 19,500 track miles in 22 states in the Eastern, Southeastern, and Midwestern US and in Canada (Ontario and Quebec). The rail system is made up of more than 14,700 route miles owned by Norfolk Southern and nearly 4,700 route miles of trackage rights, which allows NS to use tracks owned by other railroads.
Norfolk Southern transports coal and general merchandise, including; automotive products, chemicals, metals, agriculture and forest products. NS offers an extensive intermodal (freight transportation by a combination of train and truck) network and is strategically located at all major eastern US river, Atlantic, and Gulf ports.
Its main subsidiary, Norfolk Southern Railway, transports freight over an asset network consisting 4,000 locomotives, 69,000 rail cars, and 19,500 track miles in 22 states in the Eastern, Southeastern, and Midwestern US and in Canada (Ontario and Quebec). The rail system is made up of more than 14,700 route miles owned by Norfolk Southern and nearly 4,700 route miles of trackage rights, which allows NS to use tracks owned by other railroads.
Norfolk Southern transports coal and general merchandise, including; automotive products, chemicals, metals, agriculture and forest products. NS offers an extensive intermodal (freight transportation by a combination of train and truck) network and is strategically located at all major eastern US river, Atlantic, and Gulf ports.
