Ticker: NSC
Purchased: 6/14/2012
Cost basis: $74.52
Current Portfolio Status: S3,Q3 overweight
Dividend Reinvestment: Y
Dividends paid quarterly in Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
Shares held on account at Amstock
Norfolk Southern Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods. As of December 31, 2014, it operated approximately 20,000 miles of road in 22 states and the District of Columbia. The company also operates scheduled passenger trains; transports overseas freight through various Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports; and provides logistics services. In addition, it provides bimodal truckload transportation services primarily utilizing RoadRailer trailers, a hybrid technology that facilitates over-the-road and on-the-rail transportation in the eastern United States, as well as in Ontario and Quebec through a network of terminals. Further, the company engages in the acquisition, leasing, and management of coal, oil, gas, and minerals; development of commercial real estate; telecommunications; and leasing or sale of rail property and equipment. The company was founded in 1883 and is based Norfolk, Virginia.
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