The Norfolk Southern Railway owns and operates a vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River. In addition to lines inherited from predecessor railroads, Norfolk and Western, and the Southern Railway, it acquired many lines as part of the split of the Conrail system in 1999.
List of current lines (both owned and not owned) Not owned- Only well known secondary lines, delivery trackage and connecting trackage that are not owned by Norfolk Southern are included in division tables; non-well known secondary lines, delivery trackage and connecting trackage not owned by Norfolk Southern are not included in division tables.
+LineFromToNotesR-LineCharlotte, North CarolinaAugusta, GeorgiaThe Lynx Blue Line in Charlotte now runs on the former right of way between Tyvola station and East 16th Street.SB LineKingville, South CarolinaRock Hill, South CarolinaPartly abandoned.W LineAsheville, North CarolinaColumbia, South CarolinaIncludes the closed Saluda Grade.TR LineHendersonville, North CarolinaPisgah Forest, North CarolinaEx-Southern line, branches off W Line at Hendersonville. Line sheltered in 2007. Original line went to Lake Toxaway, North Carolina. Track removed from south switch at Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, in 1984 to Rosman, North Carolina. Through Brevard, Line inactive since 2007 due to Ecusta Paper leaving plant in Pisgah Forest, which was razed in 2004 and 2005, now being developed for housing.East River DistrictBluefield, West VirginiaWalton, West VirginiaForrest District-C LineBement, IllinoisGibson City, IllinoisFormerly Wabash 6th, 7th and 8th Districts, which ran from Chicago (Dearborn Station) to Effingham, IL. C Line partially abandoned from Manhattan, IL to Gibson City, IL and completely abandoned from Bement, Il to Effingham, IL. Currently operated, along with the Peoria District-SP line as the Bloomington District of the Illinois Division.Peoria District-SP LineGibson City, IllinoisPeoria, IllinoisCentral Division In 2017, the Central Division was split up among the Georgia, Alabama and Piedmont Divisions.