NS: Fuel Efficiency Improves
Oct 20, 2015 7:05 AM ET
Norfolk Southern locomotives operating in revenue service achieved an overall 2.2 percent gain in fuel efficiency in 2014.
During the year, revenue trains burned nearly 494 million gallons of diesel fuel while rolling up 205 billion revenue ton-miles. On average, the trains moved a ton of freight 415 miles on a gallon of diesel, up from 406 miles in 2013.
Learn more about Norfolk Southern’s efforts to be the industry leader in fuel efficiency: http://nssustainability.com/conservation/fuel.php
