NS Announces Steam Excursion Schedule for Spring 2013

http://www.northeastrailfans.com/2013/0 ... -for-2013/

Norfolk Southern will be running steam excursions in PA over Memorial Day weekend. Longer trips this year and the public can ride!

The last leg is the Pennsylvania run.

The following is an excerpt from a press release issued by Norfolk Southern today:

The Tennessee Valley Ra ilroad 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 http://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.

Those NS steam trips around Horseshoe Curve on three days in May will probably sell out.
If you don't ride one of those trips, this could be the last year to ride around "the Curve"
on Amtrak, as the Pennsylvanian may be abolished on October 1, 2013. See item below.

Currently, you can board the eastbound at Johnstown at 9:04AM, ride to Altoona arriving
at 10:01AM. You have about seven hours to spend in Altoona, leaving Altoona at 5:06PM
and arriving Johnstown at 6:00PM. There is no public transportation up to Horseshoe
curve, but perhaps a group of fans visiting Altoona at the same time could make arrangements
to take one car to Johnstown and leave the other at Atloona for local transportation.

http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/conte ... ml?nav=742