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|}} | operating_income = |}} | net_income = |}} | aum = | assets = |}} | equity = |}} | owner = | num_employees = | parent = None | divisions = None | subsid = Norfolk Southern Railway (primary subsidiary) | slogan = One line, infinite possibilities. | homepage = | footnotes = | intl = | bodystyle = }} The Norfolk Southern Corporation () (also known as Norfolk Southern Corp or NS Corp) is a publicly traded stock corporation on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbols ''NSC'' based in Norfolk, Virginia. The company was incorporated in 1980 and was officially established in 1982. The company is the second business entity to use the "Norfolk Southern" name. It is the holding company for the Norfolk Southern Railway, a major Class I railroad that was established in 1894 as the Southern Railway. The primary business function of the Norfolk Southern Corporation is the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods across the Southeast, East, and Midwest United States. The corporation further facilitates transport to the remainder of the United States through interchange with other rail carriers while also serving overseas transport needs by serving several Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. The company also is a major landowner and operates a marine terminal. The company's stock is a component of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Transportation Average stock market indices. The company's President and Chief Executive Officer is James A. Squires. As of October 1, 2014, Norfolk Southern Corporation's total public stock value was slightly over $34.5 billion. ==History== The Norfolk Southern Corporation was incorporated on July 23, 1980 in the Commonwealth of Virginia and was officially established in 1982 to control the Southern Railway and the Norfolk and Western Railway. The holding company renamed the Southern Railway to "Norfolk Southern Railway" in 1990, making the railroad the third business entity to use the "Norfolk Southern" name. In the same year the holding company renamed the Southern Railway to "Norfolk Southern Railway" (1990), the holding company also transferred the Norfolk and Western Railway from themselves to the renamed Norfolk Southern Railway. This began the final seven years of existence for the Norfolk and Western. In 1996, the Norfolk Southern Corporation entered into a duopoly with the CSX Corporation to takeover the formerly government-owned Conrail. The CSX Corporation bid to buy Conrail and have it be absorbed into its railroad CSX Transportation. The Norfolk Southern Corporation has been attempting to purchase Conrail ever since the holding company was created which was back in 1982. Fearing that CSX would come to dominate rail traffic in the eastern U.S., Norfolk Southern responded with a bid of its own to purchase Conrail. This started a takeover battle between Norfolk Southern and CSX. In 1997 during the Conrail battle with CSX, Norfolk Southern Corporation's principal railroad, the renamed Norfolk Southern Railway, finally absorbed the Norfolk and Western Railway, ending the existence of the Norfolk and Western Railway. On June 23, 1997, Norfolk Southern and CSX filed a joint application with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) for authority to purchase, divide, and operate the assets of Conrail. On June 6, 1998, the STB approved the NS-CSX application, effective August 22, 1998. The process though wasn't completed until 1999. In 1999 the Conrail takeover between Norfolk Southern and CSX was complete, the result was Norfolk Southern acquired over half of Conrail which was 58% while CSX got the remaining 42%. Norfolk Southern gained about of track, most of which was part of the former Pennsylvania Railroad. Norfolk Southern began operating its trains on its portion of the former Conrail network on June 1, 1999, closing out the 1990s merger era. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norfolk Southern Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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