ATLANTA (AP) _ Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $819 million.

On a per-share basis, the Atlanta-based company said it had net income of $3.45.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $3.44 per share.

The railroad posted revenue of $3.25 billion in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.14 billion.

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