EXCLUSIVE CONTENT: NS Museum Info

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Here is some exclusive content i got from the NS via my email today. Because this was from my email I'm asking that noone copy and paste it to any other sites.

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.

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For further information contact:
(Media) Frank Brown, 757-629-2714 (fsbrown@nscorp.com)
(History Factory) Josh Danson, 415-865-9781,
(jdanson@historyfactory.com)


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