From: Jonathan Guy <[email protected]>
Date: May 21, 2012 1:42:02 PM PDT
To: "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [ChattanoogaRails] Fwd: [NSInfo] Norfolk Southern Heritage
locomotives to gather in North Carolina for July 4 'family portrait'
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The Official Announcement from NS:
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From: <[email protected]>
Date: May 21, 2012 4:31 PM
Subject: [NSInfo] Norfolk Southern Heritage locomotives to gather
in North
Carolina for July 4 'family portrait'
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
May 21, 2012****
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*Norfolk Southern Heritage locomotives to gather in North Carolina
for July
4 family portrait*
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NORFOLK, VA. Norfolk Southerns Heritage locomotives will gather
for a
family portrait at the North Carolina Transportation Museum
(NCTM) in
Spencer, N.C., during the Fourth of July week. All 20 locomotives
painted
in the color schemes of predecessor railroads will be on display
July 3 and
4. ****
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This is the first and probably only chance well have to get all
these
locomotives together in one place at one time, said Norfolk
Southern CEO
Wick Moorman. Were proud of the role railroads play in keeping the
countrys economy strong, and July 4 is an opportune time to
showcase that
heritage of service and safety.****
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Having these engines gathered together is a phenomenon, not just an
event, said NCTM Executive Director Samuel Wegner. And the N.C.
Transportation Museums Bob Julian Roundhouse is obviously a great
place to
frame this family portrait. Its a great partnership with Norfolk
Southern to host this historic occasion.****
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Tickets for the event are $25 for adults and $15 for children in
advance,
and $30 for adults and $20 for children the day of the event.
Children 2
and under are free. Tickets will go on sale beginning May 21 at the
NCTMs
web site <http://www.nctrans.org> or by calling 704-636-2889, ext.
237.
Norfolk Southern employees and retirees will be eligible for a $5
discount,
with a limit of four tickets per purchase. Some restrictions may
apply.
Retirees must purchase tickets by phone to get the discount.****
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The Fourth of July week was chosen because of the holiday and because
demand for the locomotives in freight service temporarily will be
reduced
due to the traditional coal miners holiday. ****
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In a related event, on Saturday, July 7, the Virginia Museum of
Transportation in Roanoke, Va., will unveil the refurbished Norfolk &
Western 1776 locomotive, which was painted in a star-spangled color
scheme
to commemorate the nations bicentennial in 1976 and has just been
restored
to its original luster.****
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Norfolk Southern is producing the Heritage
fleet<http://www.nscorp.com/nscportal/nscorp/Community/Heritage%
20Locomotives/>as
part of the companys 30
th anniversary celebration. Norfolk Southern was created June 1,
1982, with
the consolidation of Southern Railway Company and Norfolk and Western
Railway Company, but both of those trace their lineage to hundreds of
predecessors dating back to the early 1800s.****
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The museum is on the former site of Southern Railways Spencer
Shops, a
steam locomotive servicing facility. After the advent of diesel,
Spencer
continued to serve as a classification yard into the late 1970s, when
Southern donated land and facilities to the State of North Carolina
for the
establishment of the museum.****
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Norfolk Southern
Corporation<http://phx.corporate-ir.net/Tearsheet.ashx?c=69040>is one
of the nations premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk
Southern Railway subsidiary operates approximately 20,000 route
miles<http://www.nscorp.com/nscportal/nscorp/map.html>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 and
industrial products.****
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*Norfolk Southern contacts:*
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*(Media) **Robin Chapman* <[email protected]>*, 757-629-2713 (
[email protected])*
*(Investors) **Michael Hostutler* <[email protected]>*,
757-629-2861 ([email protected])*
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