Heartland Corridor - Economic Powerhouse

The Heartland Corridor is a rail freight route connecting the busy Virginia ports and the Midwest. In one of the biggest railroad engineering projects in the past century -- a feat that took three years to complete and is scheduled to open Sept. 9 -- Norfolk Southern modified 28 tunnels to accommodate double-stack containers. The new gateway is 250 miles shorter and saves a day or more of transit time, making it the shortest, fastest double-stack route between the East Coast and the Midwest. It benefits freight customers and doubles Norfolk Southern's capacity to handle the growth in international intermodal shipments. It also provides communities along the corridor with greater access to world markets, reducing highway congestion, fuel use, and emissions, and improving public safety.

The Heartland Corridor is a public-private partnership among Norfolk Southern and several federal and state entities. Together, they are delivering the economic and environmental benefits of enhanced rail infrastructure -- and creating a competitive advantage for America.

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[Intransitman]

@Maysey1 Also passenger trains along the route would be a public benefit too.

[Maysey1]

Too bad all those cities along the way couldn't start making some of this stuff we ship in and most of it is junk. I would gladly pay twice as much for something made of good quality and has a label that reads "Made in The USA". I think we can do it again!!!

[rltmlt]

No doubt that we have been under utilizing our railroads for far too long but so called Public/Private Partnerships have not been in the best interest of the public while overwhelmingly rewarding the Private. I'd like to ask the same question that was posed almost 20 years ago when NAFTA was passed, how will the American worker afford all this crap from China that we are shipping so efficiently with low paying Service Sector Jobs ? Bring back the other half of the economy, manufacturing jobs !

[MUEagle2002]

Good video Norfolk Southern!!

[PRRK4Lover]

@adtrains75 Yeah, they look like they're close to altoona, due to the 3 tracks, and the space for the missing one, from when PRR had 4 mainline tracks there...

[adtrains75]

Thanks for ansouring my coment!

[NorfolkWestern34]

the shot at 1:34 is galitzin tunnel and i am pretty sure the shots your talking about are at horshoe curve also...because of the 3 tracks. Im almost positive it is in and around altoona and johnstown.

[NorfolkWestern34]

@PRRK4Lover hahaha thats great

[PRRK4Lover]

10:45 !!!! thats hilarious, theres a CSX intermodal on a truck in the backround! hahaha

[adtrains75]

where the videos at 1:00 & 4:40 shot at horseshoe curve (or nere it)

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