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Manion Named COO Of Norfolk Southern

March 25, 2009 (FinancialWire) -- Mark D. Manion has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer for Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC), effective April 1. He succeeds Stephen C. Tobias, who retires March 31 as vice chairman and COO.

Manion joined NS in 1975 as a management trainee. He served in a range of operations positions, including trainmaster, superintendent, general manager, vice president mechanical, and senior vice president transportation operations before being named executive vice president operations in 2004. He holds a degree in business management from the University of Missouri.

Tobias joined NS in 1969 as a junior engineer. He served as a terminal trainmaster, superintendent, general manager, and executive vice president of operations, among other posts, before being named vice chairman and chief operating officer in 1998.

Norfolk, Virginia-based Norfolk Southern's Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates around 21,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serving container ports in the eastern United States and providing superior connections to western rail carriers.

Norfolk Southern operates an intermodal network in the East and is North America's largest rail carrier of metals and automotive products.

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