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CRTS Update #03-04
Saturday, March 17th, 2007 at 19:40 EST

Norfolk Southerns Harrisburg Division Sets Standard for Rail Worker  
Safety:

HARRISBURG, PA.  With the statistics tabulated and verified, Norfolk
Southern announced that its Harrisburg Division was the safest
operating division on the railroads 22-state network for 2006, with an
injury ratio of .56. The Harrisburg Divisions Transportation
Department recorded the lowest operating department injury ratio in the
history of Norfolk Southern, with a ratio of .31. The corporate goal
for 2006 was a .89 injury ratio, which also was bettered by the
Harrisburg Divisions Maintenance of Way and Structures Department, and
Communications and Signals Department. Rail industry injury ratios are
based on Federal Railroad Administration reportable incidents per
200,000 employee-hours worked.

Between the volume of train traffic on the division and the weather in
the Northeast, working injury-free cannot be taken for granted, said
Jerry Hall, superintendent of Norfolk Southerns Harrisburg Division.
The divisions 2006 safety performance reflects the tremendous focus
our employees have on working safely, coupled with comprehensive
training and excellent working relationships between labor and
management.

The Harrisburg Division is one of 11 operating divisions on Norfolk
Southern. With track and facilities in five Northeastern states, the
division has more than 1,800 main-line route miles of track and
includes major terminals in Allentown, Enola, Harrisburg, Philadelphia
and Reading, Pa.; Buffalo and Binghamton, N.Y.; Baltimore, Md.; and
Secaucus and Jersey City, N.J. The division has approximately 2,100
employees, doing the work necessary to keep 260 daily trains carrying
consumer and food products, automobiles, coal, chemicals, lumber,
steel, mail and packages moving on time.

For the past 17 years (1989 through 2005), Norfolk Southern has
provided the safest railroad workplace in North America among Class 1
railroads, earning the coveted E.H. Harriman Memorial Safety Award for
each of those years. Results for 2006 will be announced by the
Association of American Railroads later this year.

Norfolk Southern Corporation is one of the nations premier
transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary
operates approximately 21,000 route miles in 22 states, the District of
Columbia and Ontario, Canada, serving every major container port in the
eastern United States and providing superior connections to western
rail carriers. NS operates the most extensive intermodal network in the
East and is North Americas largest rail carrier of metals and
automotive products.