Cincinnati Southern Railway

• June 01, 2023
• Freight

NS Bid to Acquire CSR Still Faces Legislative Hurdle (Updated June 1, 2023)

Norfolk Southern is looking to purchase the 338-mile Class II Cincinnati Southern Railway (CSR), which it and its predecessor railroads have been operating under a 141-year-old lease agreement with its owner, the

• November 21, 2022
• Class I

NS to Acquire Cincinnati Southern for $1.62B

Norfolk Southern (NS) on Nov. 21 reported executing a purchase agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of the 337-mile Cincinnati Southern Railway (CSR), which runs between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chattanooga, Tenn. The $1.62 billion deal is expected to close in first-half 2024.