Article: "THERE IS NO REASON NORFOLK SOUTHERN SHOULDN'T BUY THIS RAILROAD" DISCUSSIONS WITH FLORIDA EAST COAST HAVE TAKEN PLACE.(BUSINESS)

Byline: CHRISTOPHER DINSMORE, STAFF WRITER

Norfolk Southern Corp. has talked about buying the Florida East Coast Railway with the tiny railroad's owner, a Florida East Coast executive said.

Florida East Coast Industries Inc. has had ``very preliminary discussions'' with Norfolk Southern, C.F. Zellers Jr., president and chief operating officer of the Jacksonville, Fla.-based holding company told The Wall Street Journal.

``We have had a lot of discussions with Florida East Coast about strategic alliances,'' Norfolk Southern spokesman Bob Fort said Tuesday.

Fort wouldn't characterize the discussions as merger and acquisition talks and he ...

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