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Norfolk Southern (NSC)

315.01

+1.01 (0.32%)

as of Sep 23, 2026, 8:00:00 pm Market Open.

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BUY

(Market Call Minute.) Likes the railroads. (See Top Picks.)

BUY ON WEAKNESS

He owns CN but the rail business was very fragmented and now has consolidated. These have been really great companies over the last little while because they are reengineering themselves. They have been fantastic plays. The growth in the commodity areas has really helped their businesses. Not sure you will see any more acquisitions. These are going to do incredibly well and have good pricing power.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Sept 7/11. Down 4.24%.) Do a lot of metallurgical and thermal coal shipping. 3^rd quarter numbers, thermal volumes were down sharply as natural gas is displacing thermal coal in electrical generation. The rest of the business is doing fine. He is still picking it up on weak prices.

BUY

Good operating ratios that CP can’t get. It has not done nearly as well as some of the other rails and will really benefit from the uptick in the economy. The big tumble was tied to concerns about coal shipments.

COMMENT

Having trouble with the lack of coal shipments so they warned and kind of killed it for everybody. Low natural gas prices have made power generators switch to natural gas instead of coal.

COMMENT

Of the 4 surviving railroads in the US, it has been a longer term winner. Rails are very fuel efficient and very efficient in a general way of moving freight around the country. Also has a very big export coal business which is very dependent on what is happening in the steel industry. Good longer-term possibilities.

TOP PICK

Railroad. Has been knocked down because of fears of recession, double dip. Lean and well run. Very much likes this company.

COMMENT

One should look at the rails, truckers and air express companies as the pulse of the US economy so you own this one if you think the US economy is gaining momentum here. He doesn’t have enough conviction to feel the US economy looks really good, but it’s OK. Prefers Canadian National (CNR-T).

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