SectorGround transportation
Established Date23/07/1980
Listing Date04/06/1982
ExchangeNew York Stock Exchange
Full-time Employees19300
Fiscal Year Ends31/12
Security TypeCommon stock
Office address650 West Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia, 30308-1925
BusinessRail freight
IntroductionNorfolk Southern Corporation was founded on July 23, 1980 under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, where it owns the Norfolk Southern Corporation, a major freight railroad. The company is principally engaged in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products and finished products across the Southeast, East and Midwest of the United States, and connects with other rail transportation companies to serve the rest of the United States. Norfolk Southern Southern also transports overseas cargo through several ports along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and operates an extensive intermodal network in the eastern half of the country.
