Thrift & Investment Plan of Norfolk Southern Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies
ERISA Form 5500 plan record drawn from DOL EBSA — verify with linked source filings below.
Sponsored by Norfolk Southern Corporation · Georgia · Management of Enterprises
What the 2023 filing shows
Thrift & Investment Plan of Norfolk Southern Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies holds $1.5B for 5,335 participants — about $276,147 per participant, up 10.5% over the 2023 plan year.
- $1.5B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 5,335
- covered participants
- $276,147
- avg assets per participant
- +10.5%
- assets growth YoY
What the Filing Says About Thrift & Investment Plan of Norfolk Southern Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies
Thrift & Investment Plan of Norfolk Southern Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies is a 401(k) retirement plan sponsored by Norfolk Southern Corporation, headquartered in Georgia. As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $1.5B in total end-of-year assets and covers 5,335 participants across the Management of Enterprises industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 521188014, and the plan has been effective since 1984-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.
Year over year, total assets moved from $1.3B at the beginning of 2023 to $1.5B at year-end — a gain of 10.5%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $1.5B, with reported net income of $140M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.
Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows — a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.
Financial Summary (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.3B |
| Total Assets (End of Year) | $1.5B |
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.5B |
| Net Income | $140M |
| Plan Type | 401(k) |
| Employer EIN | 521188014 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1984-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Norfolk Southern Corporation)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 22,376 | $4.5B |
| 2023 | 3 | 22,583 | $4.9B |
| 2024 | 3 | 22,262 | $5.1B |
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.
Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) — original filing retrieval by EIN 521188014.
Reference: IRS Publication 560 — Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.
Reference: IRS Publication 590-B — Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.
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