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Segment Reporting (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2025
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cost and Expense |
| Second Quarter |  | First Six Months |  |
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  |  |  |
| ($ in millions)
Railway operating revenues (Note 2) | $ | 3,110 |  |  | $ | 3,044 |  |  | $ | 6,103 |  |  | $ | 6,048 |  |  |  |  |
Railway operating expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation and benefits | 692 |  |  | 700 |  |  | 1,431 |  |  | 1,436 |  |  |  |  |
Purchased services | 409 |  |  | 419 |  |  | 810 |  |  | 839 |  |  |  |  |
Equipment rents | 111 |  |  | 97 |  |  | 208 |  |  | 205 |  |  |  |  |
Fuel | 219 |  |  | 257 |  |  | 463 |  |  | 541 |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation | 346 |  |  | 335 |  |  | 692 |  |  | 672 |  |  |  |  |
Materials | 98 |  |  | 92 |  |  | 198 |  |  | 190 |  |  |  |  |
Claims | 59 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 125 |  |  | 98 |  |  |  |  |
Other | 38 |  |  | 31 |  |  | 77 |  |  | 100 |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring and other charges | 10 |  |  | (3) |  |  | 10 |  |  | 96 |  |  |  |  |
Eastern Ohio incident | (47) |  |  | (65) |  |  | (232) |  |  | 527 |  |  |  |  |
Total railway operating expenses | 1,935 |  |  | 1,913 |  |  | 3,782 |  |  | 4,704 |  |  |  |  |
Income from railway operations | 1,175 |  |  | 1,131 |  |  | 2,321 |  |  | 1,344 |  |  |  |  |
Other income – net | 24 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 55 |  |  | 35 |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense on debt | 201 |  |  | 204 |  |  | 400 |  |  | 405 |  |  |  |  |
Income before income taxes | 998 |  |  | 944 |  |  | 1,976 |  |  | 974 |  |  |  |  |
Income taxes | 230 |  |  | 207 |  |  | 458 |  |  | 184 |  |  |  |  |
Net income | $ | 768 |  |  | $ | 737 |  |  | $ | 1,518 |  |  | $ | 790 |  |  |  |  |

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