VIRGINIA DIVISION HOPPER TRAINS

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A news article in the current issue of "Railroads Illustrated" says that NS recently conducted fuel savings tests for its Virginia Division?hopper trains.? The article says that NS has found that they can make significant fuel savings by routing hopper trains over the ex-Virginian line from Abilene Interlocking to Roanoke rather than going over Blue Ridge on the ex-N&W manin.? Will this routing now be used on all hopper trains, or just some depending on eastbound traffic on the Virginian?? What about general freight and intermodal traffic?? Is there a possiblity that in the near future that NS will be routing most, if not all, of its traffic over the Virginian?

Jeff Morfit
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