Norfolk Southern operates one of the two major freight railroads in the eastern United States, with about 19,200 route miles across 22 states connecting Atlantic ports, Midwest industrial centers, and Appalachian coal fields. Its traffic spans intermodal containers, its largest volume category with major corridors serving East Coast ports and inland hubs, merchandise including chemicals, agriculture, metals, and automotive, and export metallurgical and utility coal. Following the 2023 East Palestine derailment, the railroad invested heavily in safety and operational recovery, and in 2025 agreed to merge with Union Pacific to form the first transcontinental U.S. railroad, a combination awaiting Surface Transportation Board review. Tracing its lineage to 1830s Virginia railroads and formed by the 1982 Norfolk & Western-Southern Railway merger, it is headquartered in Atlanta.

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