February 7, 2001

Norfolk Southern Promotes Economic Growth
with Industrial Development Initiatives

NORFOLK, VA - Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) participated in the location of 74 new industries and provided support for the expansion of 43 additional industries along its rail lines in 2000.

The new plants and expansions represent an investment of $2.3 billion by Norfolk Southern customers and are expected to create more than 7,000 jobs while generating more than 100,000 new carloads of rail traffic annually.

The industrial development projects include facilities involved in the handling of automobiles, plastics, scrap metal, steel, agricultural and food products, chemicals, paper, cement, lumber and construction materials.

The largest project was the opening of a new vehicle loading facility in Chesapeake, Va., to serve Ford Motor Company's truck assembly plant in Norfolk. Other major projects opening on Norfolk Southern lines included new paper and packaging plants for Georgia-Pacific at Albion, Mich., and Pratt Industries at Valparaiso, Ind. Additionally, five new feed mills located on Norfolk Southern lines, while five food manufacturers and seven feed mills and grain elevators expanded their facilities.

In Norfolk Southern's service region in the Northeast, the railroad assisted in the location and expansion of 25 industries. The new plants and expansions represent an investment of more than $978 million by Norfolk Southern customers and are expected to create more than 1,200 jobs and generate some 10,000 new carloads of rail traffic annually.

Some of the projects in the Northeast included the location of Elk Corporation, a roofing shingle company in Myerstown, Pa., and Schmalbach Lubeca Plastic Containers USA, Inc., a plastic bottle manufacturer in Chapman, Pa. The railroad also assisted in expansions at R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company's printing house at Lancaster, Pa.; Clorox's bleach manufacturing facility at Aberdeen, Md., and the Port of Wilmington's dry cargo warehouse.

"Our successful record during 2000 is evidence of the strategic value of Norfolk Southern's 22-state rail system to businesses throughout the United States and the world," said Larry Collingwood, assistant vice president Industrial Development. Collingwood noted that in 2001, Honda Motors plans to open its minivan plant at Lincoln, Ala., and IPSCO Steel plans to complete its steel mill at LeMoyne, Ala.

During the past 10 years, Norfolk Southern's Industrial Development department participated in the location or expansion of 1,142 industries, which invested $20.8 billion and created nearly 57,000 jobs in the territory served by the railroad.

Norfolk Southern works with state and local economic development authorities on projects involving site location and development of infrastructure to connect customers to its rail system. Norfolk Southern provides free and confidential plant location services, including site layout, engineering and logistics assistance. Offices are located in Atlanta; Binghamton, N.Y.; Birmingham, Ala.; Columbia, S.C.; Columbus, Ohio; Detroit; Harrisburg, Pa.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Nashville, Tenn.; Philadelphia; Raleigh, N.C.; Roanoke, Va.; and St. Louis.

Norfolk Southern Corporation, a Virginia-based holding company with headquarters in Norfolk, owns a major freight railroad, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, which operates approximately 21,800 miles of road in 22 states, the District of Columbia and the province of Ontario.

Media Contact: Bob Fort, Norfolk, 757-629-2710