---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-24-000408"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NSC"
cik: "0000702165"
company_name: "NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T16:28:37.797859+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Norfolk Southern Q2 adj EPS $3.06, revenue $3.04B; reaffirms FY adj OR ~66%

## Summary
- GAAP net income $737M ($3.25 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $3.06, up 4% YoY.
- Railway operating revenue $3.04B (+2% YoY); merchandise $1.904B, intermodal $742M, coal $398M.
- Adjusted operating ratio improved 160 bps to 65.1%; GAAP OR 62.8% due to insurance recovery exceeding incident costs.
- Reaffirmed full-year 2024 adjusted operating ratio guidance of approximately 66%.
- No share repurchases in H1 2024 vs $305M in H1 2023; operating cash flow $1.875B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-24-000408
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NSC
- cik: 0000702165
- company_name: NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000155278124000408/0001552781-24-000408-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000155278124000408/e24315_nsc-8k.htm

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