SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

May 15, 2012

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

Lehman ABS Corporation, on behalf of:

Corporate Bond-Backed Certificates,

Series 1998-NSC-1 Trust

(646) 285-9000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Lehman ABS Corporation (the “Depositor”) is the Depositor in respect of the Corporate Bond-Backed Certificates, Series 1998-NSC-1 Trust (the “Trust”), a common law trust formed pursuant to the Standard Terms for Trust Agreements, dated as of February 25, 1998, between the Depositor and the Bank of New York Mellon (f/k/a The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a Series Supplement (the “Series Supplement”) dated as of February 25, 1998, in respect of the Trust. The Trust’s assets consist solely of notes issued by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. The Certificates do not represent obligations of, or interests in, the Depositor or the Trustee.

As previously disclosed, the Registrant is a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (“LBHI”). On September 15, 2008 and periodically thereafter, LBHI and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”) commenced voluntary cases under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”) (jointly administered proceedings, In re Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. et al., Case Number 08-13555).

On December 6, 2011, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “Confirmation Order”) confirming the Modified Third Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its Affiliated Debtors (the “Plan”). The Plan and the Confirmation Order were attached as Exhibit 2.1 and Exhibit 2.2, respectively, to LBHI’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2011. LBHI’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2011 contains a summary of the Plan.

On March 6, 2012 (the “Effective Date”), the Plan became effective and a notice of the Effective Date of the Plan (the “Notice of Effective Date”) was filed with the Bankruptcy Court.

On May 15, 2012, distributions were made to the holders of the certificates issued by the Trust. Specific information with respect to the distributions is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

No other reportable transactions or matters have occurred during the current reporting period.

Norfolk Southern Corporation, the issuer of the underlying securities, is subject to the information reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). For information on the issuer of the underlying securities please see its periodic and current reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the issuer’s Exchange Act file number, 001-08339. The Commission maintains a site on the World Wide Web at “http://www.sec.gov” at which users can view and download copies of reports, proxy and information statements and other information filed electronically through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system, or “EDGAR.” Periodic and current reports and other information required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act by the issuer of the underlying securities may be accessed on this site. Neither Lehman ABS Corporation nor the Trustee has participated in the preparation of such reporting documents, or made any due diligence investigation with respect to the information provided therein. Neither Lehman ABS Corporation nor the Trustee has verified the accuracy or completeness of such documents or reports. There can be no assurance that events affecting the issuer of the underlying securities, or the underlying securities themselves, have not occurred or have not yet been publicly disclosed which would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. In preparing this report the Registrant has relied on the Distribution Statements provided to it by the Trustee.

Date: May 29, 2012

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