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Big news from Norfolk Southern today with the announcement of their 21st Century Steam program’s Spring 2013 schedule of excursions:

• 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.

Check out Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s 21st Century Steam page for information on the southern trips pulled by Southern #630. See Fort Wayne Railroad Historic Society’s 21st Century Steam page for information on the northern trips pulled by Nickel Plate Road #765.

Southern 630 in Chattanooga, TN

765 in Harrisburg, PA

See Also:

Nickel Plate Road 765 in Harrisburg

Southern 630 in Chattanooga