Tower owners / Norfolk Southern
496 structures · 20 states · 6 registrant names
Norfolk Southern towers
Norfolk Southern owns 496 constructed structures in the FCC registry — 0% of all registered structures — filed under 6 different entity names. Its largest state is Georgia with 75. The most common type is the tower (41%), the median height is 84 feet, and 41% went up in the 2010s, more than in any other decade.
- 1Structures 496
- 2Median height 84 ft
- 3Largest state Georgia
- 4Registrant names 6
The names it files under
When you look up the tower on your land, the FCC record will show one of these entity names rather than "Norfolk Southern". They are the same company for the purposes of your lease: the entity on the record is the one your lease has been assigned to.
| Registrant name (as filed) | Structures |
|---|---|
| Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 269 |
| Norfolk Southern Corporation | 223 |
| NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION | 1 |
| NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD | 1 |
| NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP. DBA = SAME | 1 |
| Norfolk Southern Railway | 1 |
Types and age
Where its towers cluster
Norfolk Southern has structures in 235 of the counties that have a page on this site. The counties where it owns the most are below, with its share of each county's registered structures — the higher the share, the more likely a tower lease in that county runs to Norfolk Southern.
| County | Norfolk Southern | Share of county |
|---|---|---|
| Cuyahoga County, OH | 18 | 5% |
| Jefferson County, AL | 17 | 6% |
| Elkhart County, IN | 8 | 7% |
| Orangeburg County, SC | 8 | 7% |
| Richland County, SC | 8 | 4% |
| Fulton County, GA | 6 | 2% |
| Montgomery County, IL | 6 | 12% |
| Lake County, IN | 6 | 3% |
Every state
For a landowner
Norfolk Southern owns towers for its own operations — radio for a railroad or utility network rather than leasing space to carriers — so ground leases with it are less common than with tower companies. Whoever the owner is, the calculator values the rent you would give up.
Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18). Families group FCC registrant names that carry the brand in the name; other registrants are listed as filed. Checked 2026-10-23.