Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern Railway operates trains in 22 states, the District of Columbia and Ontario, serving every major container port in the eastern United States and providing superior connections to western rail carriers.
Today, the company operates the East’s most extensive intermodal network and is the nation’s largest rail carrier of automotive parts and finished vehicles.
Norfolk Southern’s heritage includes some of the nation’s oldest rail lines. However, the company was not formed until 1982. Its name comes from Norfolk & Western Railway and Southern Railway, its two biggest predecessors, which merged to form today’s Norfolk Southern.
Southern Railway acquired another company known as Norfolk Southern in 1974.
Norfolk Southern By the Numbers
Here are some facts and figures about Norfolk Southern (numbers are estimated):
- Route Miles: 20,000
- Number of Employees: More than 26,000
- Locomotives: 3,400
- Freight Cars on System: 79,000
Norfolk Southern Reporting Marks
Railroads have many reporting marks, identification assigned by the American Association of Railroads. Norfolk Southern reporting marks include:
- NS
- CG
- CNJ
- CR
- CRP
- DLW
- ERIE
- EL
- INT
- IT
- LHR
- LNE
- LV
- MGA
- NKP
- NW
- PC
- PRR
- PRSL
- RDG
- SA
- SOU
- VGN
- WAB
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