Norfolk Southern Corporate Profile

Description of business
Board of directors
Facilities served
Major rail classification yards
Locomotive shops
Major installations
Plant and equipment
2005 Principal operating revenue sources
2005 Traffic highlights
2005 Industrial development
Employment
2005 Financial highlights
Corporate headquarters
Regional offices

Description of business

Norfolk Southern Corporation is a Norfolk, Va.-based company that controls a major freight railroad, Norfolk Southern Railway Company.  The railway operates approximately 21,200 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia and Ontario, Canada, serves all major eastern ports and connects with rail partners in the West and Canada, linking customers to markets around the world.  Norfolk Southern provides comprehensive logistics services and offers the most extensive intermodal network in the East.

Board of directors (as of May 11, 2006)

Gerald L. Baliles
Daniel A. Carp
Gene R. Carter
Alston D. Correll
Landon Hilliard
Burton M. Joyce
Steven F. Leer
Charles W. Moorman
Jane Margaret O’Brien
J. Paul Reason

Senior officers

Charles W. Moorman-Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Stephen C. Tobias- Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer
Henry C. Wolf- Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
Kathryn B. McQuade - Executive Vice President Planning and Chief Information Officer
Donald W. Seale - Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

Facilities served

Bulk transfer centers
187
Active coal-loading facilities
136
Paper distribution centers
135
Lumber reload centers
144
Power generation plants
138
Steel mills and processing facilities
74
Metals distribution centers
73
Paper Mills 63
Intermodal terminals
52
Auto distribution facilities
35
Auto assembly plants
31
Coal and iron ore transload facilities
27
Sea ports
13
Triple Crown terminals
14
Lake ports
7
Plastics warehouse/distribution centers
7
Vehicle mixing centers
4
Just-In-Time rail auto parts centers
3

 

Major rail classification yards

Allentown, Pa.
Atlanta, Ga.
Baltimore, Md.
Bellevue, Ohio
Birmingham, Ala.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Chicago, Ill.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Conway, Pa.
Decatur, Ill.
Detroit, Mich.
Elkhart, Ind.
  Enola, Pa.
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Harrisburg, Pa.
Kansas City, Mo.
Knoxville, Tenn.
Linwood, N.C.
Louisville, Ky.
Macon, Ga.
Norfolk, Va.
Roanoke, Va.
Savannah, Ga.
Sheffield, Ala.
St. Louis, Mo.
Toledo, Ohio

Locomotive shops

Altoona, Pa.
Bellevue, Ohio
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Conway, Pa.
Enola, Pa.
Roanoke, Va.

Other major installations

Atlanta, Ga.
Agency Operations Center
Central Yard Operations
Crew Management Center
Eastern and Western Regions' Operations Offices
Operations Control Center
National Customer Service Center (800) 635-5768

Harrisburg, Pa.
Northern Region Operations Office

McDonough, Ga.
Training Center

Norfolk, Va.
Lamberts Point coal transload facility

Roanoke, Va.
Police Communications Center (800) 453-2530

Plant and equipment  (as of Dec. 31, 2005)

Miles of road operated   21,200
Track miles operated   38,235
Locomotives (owned and leased)   3,791
Freight cars (owned and leased)   99,454

2005 Principal operating revenue sources

(Percent of total railway operating revenue)

Coal, coke and iron ore   25%
Intermodal   21%
Automotive   12%
Metals and construction   12%
Chemicals   11%
Agriculture, consumer products and government   10%
Paper, clay and forest products   9%

2005 Traffic highlights

Rail revenue ton-miles   203 billion
Rail shipments (including trailers/containers)   7.8 million

2005 Industrial development

New industries on NS lines   78
Expansions of existing industries   43
Total investment by industries   $1.96 billion
Jobs created in NS service area   7,700

Employment

Number of employees   30,433

2005 Financial highlights

($ in millions except for earnings per share amounts )

Financial results

Railway operating revenues   $8,527
Income from railway operations   $2,117
Railway operating ratio   75.2%
Net income   $1,281
Earnings per share - diluted   $3.11
 

Financial position

Total assets   $25,861
Total debt   $6,930
Stockholders' equity   $9,289
Debt-to-total capitalization*   42.7%
Stockholders' equity per share   $22.66
 

Other information

Year-end stock price   $44.83
Dividends per share   $0.48
Price/earnings ratio at year end   14.4
Number of shareholders at year end   48,180
Shares outstanding at year end   409,885,788
* excludes notes payable to Conrail    

Corporate headquarters

Norfolk Southern Corporation
Three Commercial Place
Norfolk, Va. 23510-9227
(757) 629-2600

Regional offices

110 Franklin Rd., SE
Roanoke, Va. 24042
(540) 981-4000

1200 Peachtree St.
Atlanta, Ga. 30309
(404) 529-1000