Railroad Performance Measures   



Norfolk Southern
Weekly Performance Report

One railroad's performance metrics cannot meaningfully be compared to another railroad's,
due to differences in the carriers' calculation methodologies, operational strategies, network
characteristics, terrain, traffic mix and volume, length of haul, extent of passenger operations,
and other factors such as weather.

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 Historical Average Week Ending
3Q07 Jun-08  06/27/08 07/04/08 07/11/08 07/18/08 
Revisions       
Cars on Line
By Car Owner
System 76,376 75,075  74,707 75,116 74,751 74,893 
Foreign RR 32,844 31,178  31,174 31,438 31,408 31,630 
Private 91,675 93,131  92,698 93,289 93,049 94,352 
Total 200,895 199,384  198,579 199,843 199,208 200,875 
Pct. Private 45.6 46.7  46.7 46.7 46.7 47.0 
By Car Type
Box 24,000 22,359  22,420 22,657 22,609 22,697 
Covered Hopper 45,886 46,510  46,277 46,681 46,660 46,887 
Gondola 19,146 18,622  18,453 18,592 18,270 18,681 
Intermodal 6,977 7,156  7,077 7,197 7,390 7,281 
Multilevel 11,725 10,112  10,064 10,005 10,246 9,670 
Open Hopper 54,042 55,499  55,217 55,486 54,657 55,207 
Tank 32,057 32,419  32,223 32,592 32,890 33,751 
Other 7,062 6,707  6,848 6,633 6,486 6,701 
Total 200,895 199,384  198,579 199,843 199,208 200,875 
Train Speed (Miles per Hour)
Intermodal 28.2 27.0  26.9 27.3 28.0 27.4 
Manifest 21.0 19.6  19.4 20.1 20.8 19.8 
Multilevel 22.4 21.4  20.9 22.0 23.5 22.2 
Coal Unit 15.6 15.4  15.9 16.1 16.3 15.3 
Grain Unit 18.5 16.9  17.9 18.9 18.5 18.0 
All Trains 22.0 20.7  20.7 21.4 21.9 21.1 
Terminal Dwell (Hours)
Allentown, PA 23.9 23.5  24.1 26.7 27.4 24.6 
Bellevue, OH 23.8 24.5  22.7 26.1 24.3 22.4 
Birmingham, AL 30.1 27.0  28.2 33.8 29.2 29.3 
Chattanooga, TN 27.1 27.0  31.3 30.8 29.5 27.3 
Columbus, OH 23.9 25.2  24.4 26.2 22.7 23.1 
Conway, PA 24.5 27.9  25.9 26.0 26.7 26.7 
Decatur, IL 24.9 27.3  26.6 24.4 22.4 24.5 
Elkhart, IN 24.0 27.6  26.8 27.7 27.4 28.4 
Knoxville, TN 25.0 26.6  26.3 29.0 27.5 27.4 
Linwood, NC 21.6 22.4  22.6 22.5 22.1 23.2 
Macon, GA 27.0 29.0  29.5 28.6 26.6 23.2 
New Orleans, LA 14.1 23.0  26.9 28.1 34.0 31.3 
Roanoke, VA 30.0 32.4  30.2 32.1 31.7 42.8 
Sheffield, AL 21.6 20.1  19.4 20.0 19.8 20.1 
Entire Railroad 21.3 21.6  21.4 22.4 22.7 21.9 
When reviewing the above data, please refer to the specific definitions by this carrier to understand the measurements being provided.
R = Revised Figure(s) reported for this week 
- = Not Available
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