| | Call Details | Norfolk Southern Corp Earnings Conference Call (Q2 2008) Wed,
Jul 23, 2008, 9:00 am Eastern
| | About Norfolk Southern Corp
(NYSE:NSC) |
| | Norfolk Southern Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods primarily in the United States. Its operations consist of transportation of coal, coke, and iron ore products; general merchandise traffic, which consists of automotive products, chemicals, metals and construction products, agriculture and consumer products, and paper, clay, and forest products; and intermodal traffic. Automotive products include finished vehicles and auto parts. Metals and construction products comprise steel, aluminum products, machinery, scrap metals, cement, aggregates, bricks, and minerals. Agriculture and consumer products include soybeans, wheat, corn, fertilizer, animal and poultry feed, food oils, flour, beverages, canned goods, sweeteners, consumer products, and ethanol. Paper, clay, and forest products comprise lumber and wood products, pulp board and paper products, wood fibers, wood pulp, scrap paper, and clay. Intermodal traffic includes shipments moving in trailers, domestic and international containers, and roadrailer equipment. It handles these shipments on behalf of intermodal marketing companies, international steamship lines, truckers, and other shippers. The company also transports overseas freight through various Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports, as well as provides a range of logistics services. It also operates and leases regularly scheduled passenger trains and commuter trains; acquires, leases, and manages coal, oil, gas, and minerals; develops commercial real estate; telecommunications; and leases or sells rail property and equipment. As of December 31, 2007, the company operated approximately 21,000 route miles in 22 states in the United States and the District of Columbia. Norfolk Southern Corporation was founded in 1830 and is based in Norfolk, Virginia. |
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