From: Jonathan Guy <[email protected]>
Date: February 4, 2013 10:59:06 AM PST
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ChattanoogaRails] Fwd: [NSInfo] 21st Century Steam
excursion trips planned for 2013
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NS Announces 2013 Steam Trip Schedule
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From: "Norfolk Southern News"
Feb. 4, 2013
21st Century Steam excursion trips planned for 2013
NORFOLK, VA. The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) and the
Fort
Wayne Railroad Historical Society (FWRHS), in partnership with Norfolk
Southern Corporation, will host 21st Century Steam excursion trips in
Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania in the
Spring
of 2013.
Schedules, prices, and ticketing information are available at
www.tvrail.com for TVRM-hosted trips and fortwaynerailroad.org for
FWRHS-sponsored trips. Norfolk Southern employees will be able to
request
tickets for the employee appreciation trips soon through the ERC.
· March 9: Bristol, Va., to Radford, Va. Host: TVRM. Steam
locomotive SOU 630.
· March 10: Bristol, Va., to Bulls Gap, Tenn. Host: TVRM.
Steam
locomotive SOU 630.
· March 16: Roanoke, Va., to Radford, Va. (morning), and
Roanoke
to Lynchburg, Va. (afternoon). Host: TVRM. Steam locomotive SOU 630.
Combination public and NS employee appreciation trips.
· April 13: Spencer, N.C., to Barber, N.C. Host: TVRM. Steam
locomotive SOU 630. Combination public and NS employee appreciation
trip.
· April 20 and 21: Asheville, N.C., to Old Fort, N.C.
Host: TVRM.
Steam locomotive SOU 630. April 20 is combination public and NS
employee
appreciation trip.
· May 12: Rocky River, Ohio, to Bellevue, Ohio. Host: FWRHS.
Steam locomotive NKP 765.
· May 25, 26 and 27: Lewistown, Pa., to Horseshoe Curve, Pa.
Host: FWRHS. Steam locomotive NKP 765.
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum was founded in 1961 in
Chattanooga to
create an interpretive operating museum of historic equipment and
artifacts
in an authentic setting. Today it operates an extensive schedule of
historic and scenic trains in Southeast Tennessee and Northwest
Georgia,
supported by its East Chattanooga shop facility. TVRM is the largest
operating historical excursion railroad in the Southeast. In 2012,
more
than 100,000 people visited the museum or rode on TRVM-sponsored 21st
Century Steam excursions.
The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society was formed in 1972 with
the
goal of saving Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive 765 from rusting
away in
a city park. The organization was successful in restoring the
locomotive to
operation. The engine first ran again on Sept. 1, 1979. Since then,
NKP 765
has operated on over a dozen different railroads from New York City
to Rock
Island, Illinois, hauling more than 250,000 passengers on excursion
trains
covering over 50,000 miles of operation. In 1986 FWRHS bought the
locomotive from the City of Fort Wayne.
21st Century Steam is a partnership between Norfolk Southern and
TVRM to
operate steam-powered excursions throughout the territory Norfolk
Southern
serves. More information is available on the 21st Century Steam
website at
www.21stcenturysteam.com.
Norfolk Southern Corporation is one of the nations premier
transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary
operates
approximately 20,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of
Columbia,
serves every major container port in the eastern United States, and
provides efficient connections to other rail carriers. Norfolk
Southern
operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is a
major
transporter of coal, automotive, and industrial products.
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Media Contacts:
Norfolk Southern: Robin Chapman, 757-629-2713
([email protected])
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum: Steve Freer, 423-331-4501 (
[email protected]); Robert Pettway, 423-503-5225
([email protected])
Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society: Kelly Lynch, 260-466-2766, (
[email protected])
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