Norfolk Southern Corporation

The Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) (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 Norfolk Southern system was formed in 1982 which consisted of the Southern Railway and the Norfolk & Western Railway. On December 31, 1990, the Southern Railway was renamed "Norfolk Southern Railway" and in 1997 the Norfolk and Western was absorbed into the renamed Norfolk Southern Railway, ending the the existence of the Norfolk and Western Railway and having the renamed Norfolk Southern Railway becoming the only railroad in the entire Norfolk Southern system after that. In 1999, the system which is basically the renamed Norfolk Southern Railway, grew substantially with the acquisition of over half of Conrail.