Norfolk Southern Corporation

Norfolk Southern Corporation is a Fortune 300 freight railroad operating the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern United States. Traded on the NYSE as NSC and tracing its predecessor railroads back to 1827, the company employs approximately 20,000 people and maintains 19,200 route miles across 22 states and the District of Columbia. Its work centres on locomotive and freight car operations, rail network infrastructure and engineering, and intermodal freight, supporting the movement of agricultural products, automobiles, lumber, steel and raw materials.

The network connects 800 industrial sites, 175 warehouses and 43 ports, making it a link in the nation's supply chain. Technical work spans rail transportation, intermodal freight, infrastructure and engineering, equipment operations and supply chain logistics. The company reports annual capital investment of $1.5 billion and has operated for nearly two centuries through its predecessor railroads.

Norfolk Southern states a mission to become the safest, most customer-focused and successful transportation company in the world, and sets out SPIRIT values: Safety, Performance, Integrity, Respect, Innovation and Teamwork. Safe and efficient rail transport is a stated emphasis across its operations.