This video was posted on Norfolk Southern’s Youtube page as part of their Heartland Corridor promotions.
Today is a big day for Norfolk Southern fans in Ohio with the official opening of the Heartland Corridor. The Heartland Corridor is a $191 million refurbishment of Norfolk Southern’s mainline that runs from the Virgina Ports through West Virginia to Ohio. Nearly 30 tunnels had their clearances raised to allow the movement of double-stack container trains. The project was funded through a public-private partnership, with Norfolk Southern paying for a little more than half the cost.
Heartland Corridor Map, via Earth and Industry.com
For Ohioans, this means more traffic on the Columbus District between Columbus and Portsmouth, OH. Be on the look out for trains 233 and 234 to run with double-stacks.
This news article in the Business First of Columbus provides a nice overview of the project. Here is another article with more of a West Virginia perspective.
If you have photos of double-stacks on the Heartland Corridor, please send me an e-mail or post them to our Flickr group. I would love to have a chance to get some posted on here. For now Norfolk Southern has posted a few photos on their Twitter page.
In other website housekeeping news, I’ve made a quick fix to our RSS Feed. I was unaware, but apparently it has been down for some time. If you have not subscribed to the feed this would be a perfect time to. If RSS is not really your thing or you are more traditional, then you can also subscribe to our feed by e-mail. Lastly, I’ve set the RSS Feed to update when one of the railroad pages are updated on the site. More and more activity is taking place on those pages, so it’s helpful in order to stay informed.