Final report: Norfolk Southern spent $5.9M on the Cincinnati Southern Railway sale campaign

Norfolk Southern spent a total of $5,975,000 on a campaign to convince voters to sell the city-owned Cincinnati Southern Railway, according to a final campaign finance report filed with the state Friday.

Voters narrowly approved the sale in the November election, with 51.56% support and a difference of just 2,614 votes.

Norfolk Southern is the only donor to Build Cincinnati's Future, the political action committee that ran the campaign. The PAC reported spending $4.2 million through mid-October; the new report discloses contributions and expenditures through Dec. 14.