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Gene Bowker

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Gene Bowker has always had a fascination with trains since his childhood in California. He currently lives in Aiken, South Carolina and spends his free time photographing trains and writing about travel for the Examiner. Gene enjoys sharing the history of America's railroads through his blog at http://railfan.biz/ and on twitter at @RailroadGene. You can reach Gene by email at gene@genewrites.com.

NS schedules ceremony to mark first Heartland Corridor train

On Thursday, Norfolk Southern Railway will hold a ceremony at the Cowan Tunnel in Radford, Va., to commemorate the opening of the Heartland Corridor. The first double-stacked train to use the new intermodal route between Columbus, Ohio, and the...
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Reminders of the days of steam in Southern West Virginia

Traveling in the coalfields of Southern West Virginia there are reminders of the age of steam locomotives along the tracks of today's Norfolk Southern Pocahontas Division. Probably the biggest reminder can be seen from US52 in downtown...
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Norfolk Southern makes preparations for Hurricane Earl in North Carolina and Virginia

Norfolk Southern (NS) has been making preparations for the pending landfall or passing of Hurricane Earl regarding their operations in North Carolina and Viriginia. In an email this morning, Robin Chapman, NS Corporation Manager of Public...
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Progress Rail receives order for 4 more locomotives from Norfolk Southern

Progress Rail Services Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., and Norfolk Southern have announced the order of additional EPA Tier 2 compliant, high-horsepower repower locomotives - designated the PR43C. In 2008, Norfolk...
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Short line Lancaster & Chester to be purchased by Gulf & Ohio Railways

Local South Carolina shortline Lancaster & Chester Railway, commonly known as the "Springmaid Line" will be sold to Gulf & Ohio Railways based in Knoxville, Tennesee according to a press release obtained by the...
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CSX enters rail security partnership with Alabama

CSX Transportation (CSXT) recently announced that it has entered into a rail security partnership with the State of Alabama, which represents a model CSXT successfully uses with other states. The partnership, called SecureNOW, formalizes and...
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CSX enters rail security partnership with Mississippi

CSX Transportation (CSXT) today announced that it has entered into a rail security partnership with the State of Mississippi, which represents a model CSXT successfully uses with other states. The partnership, called SecureNOW, formalizes and...
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Ghost Hunter killed by Norfolk Southern engines while trespassing in North Carolina

The Norfolk Southern is in the middle of a new advertising campaign about the dangers of grade crossing safety and tresspassing, but the message came to late for Christopher Joseph Kaiser, age 29 from Charlotte. Kasier and his friends were...
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Six recent projects on Norfolk Southern will help ease traffic over labor day on I-81

A critical choke point on Norfolk Southern's Crescent Corridor has been eliminated with a reconfigured rail junction near Front Royal, Va. This was the final and most complex of six capacity improvement projects in Northern Virginia to handle...
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Delays and headaches for commuters continue on the Long Island Rail Road

MTA Long Island Rail Road customers should anticipate significant schedule changes and delays during Tuesday morning and evening rush hours as a result of damage to a major switching tower at Jamaica Station caused by a cable fire on Monday...
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