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Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Norfolk Southern Corporation’s policy is to comply with all applicable laws, regulations and executive orders concerning equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination and to offer employment on the basis of qualification and performance, regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, the presence of a disability or any other legally protected status.

Description of Business
Norfolk Southern Corporation is a Norfolk, Va.-based company that controls a major freight railroad, Norfolk Southern Railway Company. The railway operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia and the province of Ontario, serves 20 ports and connects with rail partners in the West and Canada, linking customers to markets around the world. Norfolk Southern provides comprehensive logistics services and offers the most extensive intermodal network in the East.

Our Vision
Be the safest, most customer-focused and successful transportation company in the world

Our Creed
We are responsible to our stockholders, customers, employees and the communities we serve.

For all our constituencies, we will make safety our highest priority.

For our customers, we will provide quality service, always trying to reduce our costs in order to offer competitive prices.

For our stockholders, we will strive to earn a return on their equity investment that will increase the value of their ownership. By generating a reasonable return on invested capital, we will provide the security of a financially strong company to our customers, employees, stockholders and communities.

For our employees, our greatest asset, we will provide fair and dignified treatment with equal opportunity at every level. We will seek a talented, diverse work force and management with the highest standards of honesty and fairness.

For the communities we serve, we will be good corporate citizens, seeking to enhance their quality of life through service, jobs, investment and the energies and good will of our employees.