Marked “XF” for Food Loading service, this
50’ boxcar was built in 1975.
Founded in 1982 through the mergers of Norfolk & Western
and the Southern
Railway, Norfolk Southern grew further in the late 1990s with
the acquisition
of just over half of the trackage and assets of Conrail Corporation.
Today,
NS is one of the largest Class 1 Railroads with over 30,000
employees and
operates nearly 22,000 miles of track in the Eastern and Midwestern
United
States.