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Norfolk Southern
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- Kind
- Freight railroad
- Markets
- 1
- Positions held
- 4
Eastern US Class I railroad.
- Kind
- Freight railroad
- Headquarters
- United States
- Ownership
- Listed
- Segments
- Operations, Maintenance, Track
- Present in
- United States
Footprint
United States
| Kind | Where | Detail | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Atlanta, GA; merger with Union Pacific pending before the STB |
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Ownership and structure
- operates for VPRA — Host railroad on the Western Rail Corridor and the delivery party for the Nokesville-Calverton second main line, the Roanoke Yard improvements and part of the New River Valley scope (active · since 2024)
- funded by PennDOT Rail Bureau — Keystone West — eleven infrastructure projects built by Norfolk Southern on its own Harrisburg-Pittsburgh track under agreement with PennDOT (active)
- funded by GDOT Intermodal — Georgia Freight Rail Program award towards a passing track improvement at McDonough, Henry County (active)
- operates for NCRR — Host freight railroad on NCRR's state-owned 317-mile Charlotte-to-Morehead City corridor, and co-funding partner on the CAPPFI CRISI-funded corridor upgrade (active)
Positions held
SegmentTechnologyPhase
- awarded by PennDOT Rail Bureau — Keystone West Norfolk Southern infrastructure projects — Norfolk Southern Railway (active · since 2023-12)
- supplies GPA — Class I rail service to the Georgia Ports Authority's terminals, and the direct link from the Northeast Georgia Inland Port at Gainesville to the Port of Savannah (active)
- awarded by VPRA — Norfolk Southern Comprehensive Rail Agreement — Norfolk Southern Railway Company (active)
- supplied by SDI — Approved standard rail supplier (active)
- Contract detail and values (5)$5–25mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (13)
- ● Georgia Department of Transportation · Georgia Freight Rail Program — programme criteria, projects selected with award amounts and total project costs, and the Locomotive Fuel Tax Program (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Georgia Ports Authority · Northeast Georgia Inland Port (Gainesville) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Georgia Ports Authority · Rail — GPA's rail-served terminals and Class I service (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Office of the Governor of North Carolina (official) · North Carolina Railroad Company secures $105.6 million CRISI grant for transformational rail improvements (published 2024-10-24 · checked 2026-09-20)
- ● North Carolina Railroad Company (official) — Company page · NCRR corporate information, governance, and contact details; 317-mile corridor infrastructure (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-20)
- ● Pennsylvania Department of Transportation · Advancing PA Rail — Keystone Corridor programme, Bureau of Rail, Freight, Ports and Waterways contact desk (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Pennsylvania Department of Transportation · Advancing PA Rail — Keystone West (eleven Norfolk Southern infrastructure projects, funding, second Pennsylvanian) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Pennsylvania Department of Transportation · Passenger Rail — Keystone and Pennsylvanian services, Scranton to New York City Corridor ID (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Steel Dynamics · SDI standard rail approved by BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific and Amtrak (published 2010-10 · checked 2026-09-06)
- ● Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) · Executive Director's Report, August 2026 — project-by-project cost, contractor, status and grant tables (61 pages) (published 2026-08-27 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) Board · Resolution of 21 May 2026: VPRA FY27 Budget and Management Reserve Approval, with Exhibit A, the Recommended Fiscal Year 2027 Budget (I-95 Corridor, Western Rail Corridor, Other Capital Projects, Capital & Operating Grants, Operations and Administrative budget tables) (published 2026-05-21 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Norfolk Southern Railway Company and the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority · Amended and Restated Comprehensive Rail Agreement, 2024 — purchase price, Western Virginia Rail Initiative grant funds, Roanoke Area Improvements and New River Valley terms (403 pages) (published 2024-09 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Virginia Railway Express (VRE) · Annual Budget Fiscal Year 2027 (Budget Book) — operating and capital budget and the FY2027-FY2032 Capital Improvement Program with a project sheet and total project budget for each of the 22 projects (79 pages) (published 2026-01 · checked 2026-09-14)
Competes with
Other freight railroad players present in the same markets.
1 source · primary
- ● Surface Transportation Board · UP–NS merger resources (checked 2026-09-06)
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