Moorman is a 1975 graduate of
Georgia Tech and
Harvard Business School, he joined Norfolk Southern predecessor,
Southern Railway, in 1970 as a Co-Op while still attending Georgia Tech. He was also a member of
Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. On December 9, 2010,
Railway Age named Moorman the
Railroader of the Year recipient for 2011. In 2011, Moorman was involved in the launch of the
21st Century Steam, a revival of Norfolk Southern's popular steam excursion program which had been ended in 1994. On June 1, 2013, Moorman was succeeded as president of Norfolk Southern by
James A. Squires. On August 19, 2016,
Amtrak announced that Moorman had been selected to become the railroad's new president and CEO to succeed
Joseph H. Boardman on September 1. Moorman, who had stated that he only intended to serve as a "transitional CEO", served as CEO for less than one year before former
Delta Air Lines executive
Richard Anderson was named president and co-CEO in June 2017. Moorman remained with Amtrak as co-CEO with Anderson until the end of 2017 before transitioning into an advisory role in 2018. On February 8, 2020, it was announced that the East Broad Top Foundation had acquired most of the railroad assets of the
East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company. It was announced that Moorman was the president of the foundation. == Compensation ==