Pre-Merger Time Period: NORFOLK AND WESTERN and SOUTHERN

[Andrew Falconer]

The NW and SOU holding period or pre-merger under the Norfolk Southern Corporation was about 8 years long.

Was this long period before a full merger just extremely cautionary?

It is mentioned but not as clear in Norfolk Southern Annual Reports.

The CSX mergers and UP mergers seemed to be quick compared to the NS merger.

Andrew Falconer

[snagletooth]

 CB&Q, GN, NP merger was long overdue and created (in my opinion)the first western mega railroad.

[MP173]

NW and Southern was a great merger.  Two regional powerhouses formed quite a carrier.  Can you think of equivilately great mergers between railroads vs takeovers?   UP didnt really merge with MP, they took them over.

What other great mergers were made?

ed

[Anonymous]

That explains why they seemed in no hurry to repaint. New locos in NS paint started arriving in May of '84.

[CShaveRR]

The Trains web site, in its railroad family trees, provides the answer you're looking for.  I'll save you the effort of finding it:

Norfolk Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Corp. was created as a new holding company to acquire Norfolk & Western Railway and Southern Railway, effected June 1, 1982. Full merger effected Dec. 31, 1990, as N&W became a subsidiary of Southern, and Southern changed its name to Norfolk Southern Railway.

 

So, your "pre-merger era" was between 1982 and 1990.

[snagletooth]

 I think he's asking how long were N&W and SOU around before the merger? That or how long  before they started slapping NS on everything after the merger?

 Andrew Falconer, could you elaborate on this question?  

[Murphy Siding]

     ? There was N&W cars in some other paint scheme other than black, or are you talking about the locomotives?

[Andrew Falconer]

The Norfolk Southern was officially created 25 years ago. 

There was obviously a Pre-Merger period for NW and SOUTHERN.

This is still evident in the number of NORFOLK AND WESTERN and SOUTHERN painted freight cars in a uniform scheme that can still be seen today.

How long was the Pre-Merger Period that lead to the Norfolk Southern?

Andrew Falconer