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Total Assetsus-gaap:Assets | 45,113,000,000 | USD |
Total Assetsus-gaap:AssetsCurrent | 3,024,000,000 | USD |
Total Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Valueus-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | 1,341,000,000 | USD |
Total Costs And Expensesus-gaap:CostsAndExpenses | 2,121,000,000 | USD |
Costs And Expenses (nsc: Reportable Segment)us-gaap:CostsAndExpenses | 2,121,000,000 | USD |
Total Depreciation Depletion And Amortizationus-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | 352,000,000 | USD |
Total Earnings Per Share Basicus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic | 2.43 | USDPERSHARE |
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Total Earnings Per Share Dilutedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted | 2.43 | USDPERSHARE |
Total Income Tax Expense Benefitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | 168,000,000 | USD |
Income Tax Expense Benefit (nsc: Reportable Segment)us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | 168,000,000 | USD |
Total Liabilitiesus-gaap:Liabilities | 29,309,000,000 | USD |
Total Liabilitiesus-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | 3,335,000,000 | USD |
Total Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activitiesus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | 344,000,000 | USD |
Total Net Incomeus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | 547,000,000 | USD |
Total Net Incomeus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | 547,000,000 | USD |
Net Income (nsc: Reportable Segment)us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | 547,000,000 | USD |
Total Operating Income Lossus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | 877,000,000 | USD |
Operating Income Loss (nsc: Reportable Segment)us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | 877,000,000 | USD |
Total Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipmentus-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | 382,000,000 | USD |
Total Retained Earnings Accumulated Deficitus-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | 13,477,000,000 | USD |
Total Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Taxus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | 2,998,000,000 | USD |
Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax (nsc: Reportable Segment)us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | 2,998,000,000 | USD |
Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax (nsc: Railway Operating Revenues Market Group Coal)us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | 364,000,000 | USD |
Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax (nsc: Railway Operating Revenues Market Group Intermodal)us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | 749,000,000 | USD |
Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax (nsc: Agriculture Forest And Consumer Products, nsc: Railway Operating Revenues Market Group Merchandise)us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | 625,000,000 | USD |
Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax (nsc: Railway Operating Revenues Market Group Merchandise)us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | 1,885,000,000 | USD |
Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax (nsc: Metals And Construction, nsc: Railway Operating Revenues Market Group Merchandise)us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | 413,000,000 | USD |
Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax (nsc: Automotive, nsc: Railway Operating Revenues Market Group Merchandise)us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | 280,000,000 | USD |
Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax (nsc: Chemicals, nsc: Railway Operating Revenues Market Group Merchandise)us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | 567,000,000 | USD |
Stockholders Equity (us-gaap: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income)us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | -211,000,000 | USD |
Total Stockholders Equityus-gaap:StockholdersEquity | 15,804,000,000 | USD |
Stockholders Equity (us-gaap: Additional Paid In Capital)us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | 2,312,000,000 | USD |
Stockholders Equity (us-gaap: Accumulated Defined Benefit Plans Adjustment)us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | -193,000,000 | USD |
Stockholders Equity (us-gaap: Aoci Equity Method Investment Parent)us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | -18,000,000 | USD |
Stockholders Equity (us-gaap: Common Stock)us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | 226,000,000 | USD |
Total Stockholders Equityus-gaap:StockholdersEquity | 13,477,000,000 | USD |
Total Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basicus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic | 224,500,000 | SHARES |