>December 2, 2005>>Highlighting 175 Years of Railroading, Norfolk Southern Museum Will >Open December 5>>NORFOLK, VA ­ Early rail, clothing, tools, locomotive parts, signage, >photographs and advertisements are a few of the artifacts that will be >on display when the Norfolk Southern Museum opens Dec. 5.>>The opening marks Norfolk Southern Corporation’s (NYSE: NSC) 175th >anniversary and reflects the company’s partnership with Norfolk and >communities across the rail system.>>“Norfolk Southern has a great story to tell,” said Chairman David R.>Goode. “Our 175-year history parallels the economic and social growth >of America, and now we are playing a growing role in the global >movement of 21st century goods. We've been around a long time, but our >history is just beginning.>>“The museum illustrates the contributions of our company in the growth >of this area and the nation. We hope it will be a resource for >educators and students as well as an interesting attraction for >visitors,” Goode said.>>Norfolk Southern traces its origin to 1830. Since those earliest days >of American railroading, hundreds of smaller roads combined, >reorganized and consolidated to form the Norfolk and Western and >Southern railways, which joined in 1982 to create Norfolk Southern. A >portion of Conrail was added in 1999, resulting in today's system >covering the eastern United States.>>The History Factory, of Chantilly, Va., designed and built the 1,600- >square-foot museum, which includes artifacts contributed by employees, >customers and suppliers, as well as by historical associations and >museums. The railroad’s effect on American culture, and the diversity >of the people who built it, are highlighted. Exhibits bring visitors up >to the present, explaining the railroad’s role in modern-day logistics.>>The museum is located on the ground floor of the company’s office >building at Three Commercial Place in Norfolk. Beginning Dec. 5, hours >will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The museum will be >open to the public free of charge.>>A visit to the museum by the life-size Best Friend of Charleston >replica locomotive, on loan from the city of Charleston, S.C., is >scheduled for Dec. 15-16. The original Best Friend pulled the first >regularly scheduled steam passenger train in America, on Christmas Day >1830, on the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Co., Norfolk Southern’s >earliest predecessor.>>The Best Friend replica is scheduled for display on Wall Street on Dec.>12, when Norfolk Southern representatives will ring the opening bell at >the New York Stock Exchange in observance of the 175th anniversary.>>Norfolk Southern Corporation is one of the nation’s premier >transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary >operates approximately 21,300 route miles in 22 states, the District of >Columbia and Ontario, Canada, serving every major container port in the >eastern United States and providing superior connections to western >rail carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive intermodal >network in the East and is North America’s largest rail carrier of >automotive parts and finished vehicles.>>###>>For further information contact:>(Media) Frank Brown, 757-629-2714 (fsbrown@nscorp.com) (History >Factory) Josh Danson, 415-865-9781,>(jdanson@historyfactory.com)>------------->Norfolk Southern Corporation>http://www.nscorp.com

Is this where they relocated the Erie Endicott Semaphore to?

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