Norfolk Southern reported on Wednesday that during the fourth quarter of 2020 its net income increased 1 percent to $671 million or $2.64 diluted earnings per share.
That compares with $666 million or $2.55 per share in the same quarter in 2019.
Fourth quarter railway operating revenue fell 4 percent to $2.6 billion last quarter, driven by a 1 percent decline in volume, lower fuel surcharges and differing business mix, NS officials said in a news release.
The news release said operating expenses were $1.6 billion, down 8 percent. Lower fuel costs, compensation and benefits and purchased services were partially offset by lower gains on property sales.
Income from railway operations rose 2 percent to $1 billion and NS posted an operating ratio of 61.8 percent for the quarter.
That broke the previous OR record of 64.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Fourth quarter volume declined 1 percent overall but intermodal volume was up 5 percent and merchandise declined 5 percent. Coal traffic dropped 25 percent
Driving domestic intermodal growth of 7 percent was a 30 percent increase in premium business that includes e-commerce shipments,
NS said it will spend $1.6 billion on capital expenditures this year.
In a statement, company executives said they expect intermodal and some merchandise volume growth this year as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. NS expects revenue growth of about 9 percent.
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