---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-24-000571"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NSC"
cik: "0000702165"
company_name: "NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T11:55:58.955900+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Norfolk Southern Q3 adjusted EPS $3.25 (+23% YoY); OR improves 570bps to 63.4%

## Summary
- Q3 revenue $3.1B (+3% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $4.85, adjusted $3.25 (+23% YoY).
- Adjusted operating ratio 63.4%, improving 570 bps from 69.1% in Q3 2023.
- Railway line sales generated $380M gains and ~$400M cash proceeds in Q3.
- Eastern Ohio incident insurance recoveries exceeded costs by $159M in Q3.
- Restructuring charges of $60M in Q3 ($156M YTD); no share repurchases in 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-24-000571
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NSC
- cik: 0000702165
- company_name: NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000155278124000571/0001552781-24-000571-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000155278124000571/e24421_nsc-8k.htm

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