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Norfolk Southern Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘JSON’

On:  Thursday, 2/6/20, at 10:46am ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  702165-20-11   ·   File #:  1-08339

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 2/06/20  Norfolk Southern Corp             10-K       12/31/19  117:19M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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                Receivables (Details)                                            
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                Effective Rate (Details)                                         
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                Liabilities (Details)                                            
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                Benefit Cost Components (Details)                                
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                Changes Recognized in Other Comprehensive Loss                   
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                Pension Plan Weighted-Average Asset Allocations,                 
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                Value of Plan Assets (Details)                                   
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                Estimated Future Benefit Payments (Details)                      
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                Granted Under LTIP and TSOP (Details)                            
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                Outstanding (Details)                                            
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