Norfolk Southern Corporation

Norfolk Southern Corporation is a Class I freight railroad holding company primarily engaged in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods across the Southeast, East, and Midwest United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company's mission is to provide safe and reliable service to its customers, keep the communities it serves safe, and protect the safety of its employees.

The company's core services are categorized into Merchandise, Intermodal, and Coal transportation. The Merchandise segment includes a diverse range of commodities such as chemicals, petroleum products, metals, construction materials, agriculture, and forest products. Its Intermodal network, the largest in the eastern U.S., facilitates the movement of containers and trailers for various customers, including retailers and parcel carriers. Norfolk Southern also transports coal for export, utilities, and steelmaking. The company operates an extensive network of approximately 19,420 to 20,000 route miles across 22 states and the District of Columbia, connecting to major ports.

Mark R. George serves as the President and CEO, having assumed the role in September 2024. Norfolk Southern maintains a significant market position in the U.S. freight rail sector, particularly in the Eastern United States, where it forms a near-duopoly with CSX Transportation for transcontinental routes. Recent developments include a proposed merger with Union Pacific to create the first transcontinental railroad, with an amended application filed in April 2026 estimating $3.5 billion in annual shipper savings. The company also reported its Q1 2026 earnings in April 2026 and launched a new Cincinnati-Atlanta domestic intermodal service in May 2026.