---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-23-000329"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NSC"
cik: "0000702165"
company_name: "NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP"
filed_at: "2023-07-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T01:17:21.536733+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Norfolk Southern Q2 revenue down 8%, EPS $1.56; $416M Ohio charge

## Summary
- Revenue $2.98B (-8% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $1.56 reflects $416M Eastern Ohio incident charge.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $2.95 (-14% YoY); adjusted income from railway operations $992M (-22%).
- Eastern Ohio incident total charge $803M in H1 2023; no insurance recoveries recorded yet.
- First six months 2023 revenue $6.112B, net income $822M, diluted EPS $3.60.
- Bylaws amended for Universal Proxy Rules (procedural; not material).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-23-000329
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NSC
- cik: 0000702165
- company_name: NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
- filed_at: 2023-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000155278123000329/0001552781-23-000329-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000155278123000329/e23326_nsc-8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-23-000329
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-23-000329.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-23-000329.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP reported second quarter 2023 results: revenue $3.0 billion, EPS $1.56.
  - Period: second quarter 2023
  - Revenue: $3.0 billion
  - EPS: $1.56
  - Result: reported results
  source text: to our long-term strategy and are positioning our franchise to take on volume growth and deliver for our customers.” Second Quarter Summary · Railway operating revenues of $3.0 billion, down 8%, or $270 million, compared to second quarter 2022. · Income from railway operations in the second quarter 2023 was $576 million including a $416 million charge
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000155278123000329/0001552781-23-000329-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.