(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on March 16.)
NORFOLK, VA — Norfolk Southern Corporation highlights record-setting achievements in safety, revenue, volume, income, and earnings per share in its 2006 Annual Report.
“As the 2006 results indicate, the market for rail freight transportation in the U.S. remains strong, and we believe that there are significant opportunities for further growth ahead,” says Chief Executive Officer Wick Moorman in his letter to stockholders.
“This annual report tells the story of how we were able to achieve our 2006 results, and how we’re planning for the future,” Moorman writes. “The central theme is ‘Thoroughbred Success Through Service,’ because quality service has been and will be the key to our long-term success.”
Moorman identifies “three critical partners essential to the services we provide: our people, our customers, and the communities we serve.” The annual report focuses on the roles those partners play in the company’s success.
Norfolk Southern’s annual report and Form 10-K are posted on the company’s Web site at www.nscorp.com., and some 212,000 printed copies are distributed to stockholders, the financial community, news media and libraries. To request a copy, call 800-531-6757, e-mail annualreport@nscorp.com, or write to Norfolk Southern Corp., Corporate Communications Department, Three Commercial Place, Norfolk, Va. 23510-9217.
Norfolk Southern Corporation is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates approximately 21,000 route miles in 22 states, the District of Columbia and Ontario, Canada, serving every major container port in the eastern United States and providing superior connections to western rail carriers. NS operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is North America’s largest rail carrier of metals and automotive products.