Major Trail, Rail Corridors get Boost from Norfolk Southern
NORFOLK, Va. — Employees of Norfolk Southern Corp. are teaming up with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and local trail-maintaining clubs in a one-day “Spruce-It-Up” campaign to clean and improve one of the nation’s longest and most popular scenic trails. The 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail roughly parallels the 2,500-mile Crescent Corridor, a multistate freight rail network that Norfolk Southern is improving with the help of local, state, and federal partners to create green jobs, stimulate local economies, and help relieve highway congestion. “These two initiatives – the Appalachian Trail and the Crescent Corridor – demonstrate how the employees of Norfolk Southern share