Virginia-based holding company, Norfolk Southern, is one America’s leading transportation companies. It operates approximately 21,500 route miles, primarily in the East and Midwest, through its major subsidiary, Norfolk Southern Railway Company. The group also owns a natural resources company, Pocahontas Land Corporation, which manages more than a million acres of coal resources in Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Its telecommunications business, Thoroughbred Technology and Telecommunications, installs and markets telecommunications facilities and provides related services.