Shares of revenue are estimates for year ended 2025-12-31, high confidence, not figures from a filing.
Agriculture, forest and consumer goods freight
Rail transport for crops, fertilizer, animal feed, food and drink, lumber, paper and other forest products.
Chemical freight
Rail transport for products including petroleum, plastics, industrial chemicals, sand and natural gas liquids.
Metals and construction freight
Rail transport for steel, aluminum, machinery, scrap metal, cement, aggregates and other construction materials.
Automotive freight
Rail transport for finished motor vehicles and automotive parts.
Intermodal freight
Rail transport of freight in containers or truck trailers, often as one part of a journey involving ships or trucks.
Coal freight
Rail transport of coal for electricity generation, steelmaking, industrial use and export.
Norfolk Southern transports freight across the eastern United States and connects with other railroads to carry goods to and from the rest of the country. Its freight includes farm and consumer goods, chemicals, metals, construction materials, vehicles, containers and coal. It also moves containers and truck trailers by rail, connecting with Atlantic, Gulf Coast and Great Lakes ports. Norfolk Southern has agreed to be acquired by Union Pacific, but the transaction requires regulatory approval.
Built from Norfolk Southern Corp.’s own filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Figures are as reported, with per-share history restated onto today’s share basis. This describes a business — it is not investment advice and not a recommendation to buy or sell anything.
The themes Norfolk Southern is part of, the highest-graded companies in its industry, and the companies in its sector whose grade rose recently.
Graded A or B and worth $2B or more: A first, then the largest.
Rose to A or B on a filing in the last 90 days, worth $2B or more: largest first.
$330.51+0.8%Nov 11 close
Figures through September 30, 2026, from the 10-Q filed October 22, 2026
Norfolk Southern carries farm goods, chemicals, metals and vehicles by rail for producers, manufacturers and retailers across the eastern United States.
Grade B+
The band under the price shows the grade on each date, built only from filings that were public by then.
Showing 2 of 41 quarters of Norfolk Southern Corp.’s grade history. The other 39 go back to October 2016.