Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the call to discuss America's first transcontinental railroad. At this time, note that all participant lines are in a listen-only mode. Following the presentation, we will conduct a -and-answer session. In fact, any time during this call you require immediate assistance, please press star zero for the operator. And I would like to turn the conference over to Luke Nichols. Please go ahead. Good morning. Please note that during today's call, we will make certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events or future performance which are subject to risks and uncertainties and may differ materially from actual results. Please refer to both Norfolk Southern Corporations and Union Pacific Corporation's annual and quarterly reports filed with the SEC for discussion of those risks and uncertainties we view as important. Our presentation slides are available at NorfolkSouthern.com in the Investors section along with our reconciliation of any non-GAAP measures used today to the comparable GAAP measures, including adjusted or non-GAAP operating ratio. Please note that all references to our prospective operating ratio to date will be provided on an adjusted basis. A brief -and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. Starting the presentation on slide three, I'll now pass the call over to Norfolk Southern President and Chief Executive Officer Mark George. Well good morning and thank you for joining us on today's call. As you saw from this morning's announcement, the focus of today's NS Earnings call has changed. Today is a historic day for America with the announcement of our country's first...