Implementation Update, 10/2/1998

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Implementation Update
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October 2, 1998
Norfolk Southern Public Relations

Headlines
	Shared Assets Areas Planning Progress Reported: As reported in 
The Journal of Commerce, NS, CSX and Conrail representatives outlined 
plans before the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) to help 
assure on-time New York area intermodal service in the Shared Assets 
Areas (SAA). 
	"We must be colorblind," said Don Nelson, senior vice president 
Operations, overseeing operations of the SAA, during IANA's recent 
meeting in Atlanta. "We will function with complete neutrality. There 
will be a scorecard kept (on impartial handling and train performance), 
and we will be accountable."
	Nelson said late trains will take a back seat to trains that run 
on-time. He noted that plans call for running several additional daily 
trains over existing routes in northern New Jersey and that he does not 
foresee problems in boosting train departures above the 57 to 59 
operations in the region currently.
 	The division plan assigns the operation of current Conrail 
facilities called Croxton, Portside, and E-Rail to NS, while CSX will 
operate the intermodal facilities at South Kearny and North Bergen and 
an APL Ltd. facility that NS will be allowed to serve. The ExpressRail 
facility at the New York-New Jersey port will be open to both railroads 
and operated as part of the SAA.  

Notable
	The Non-Transportation Contracts team has completed its goal of 
separating Conrail real estate agreements among PRR, NYC and continuing 
Conrail. Real estate agreements include land leases, building leases, 
grade separations, public and private crossings, license agreements for 
utility crossings, and track operating and lease agreements. 
	The Non-Transportation Contracts implementation team is led by 
Richard Brooks, manager Contract Services; Bob Churchill, director 
Joint Facilities; and Dick Krause, director Purchasing. The project 
required the analysis of Conrail's archive database and a review of all 
archive files, documents and agreements. 
	"This project involved the review of more than 180,000 active and 
inactive documents for proper indexing into the updated database," said 
Brooks. "Team members also had to review an additional 80,000 documents 
that were never converted into the Conrail archive database." 
	The assignment of real estate documents from Conrail to PRR alone 
involves some 141,000 documents, which includes 126,000 active and 
15,000 inactive agreements.
	Of the team's efforts Brooks said, "Overall, we accomplished a 
tremendous amount in a relatively short amount of time through good 
planning, coordination and execution."

Quotable
	"Having observed operations on Conrail over the past year and 
having met with many customers that rely on Conrail today, I have every 
reason to believe the potential for growth is significant. So our 
planning is not only focused on the initial split of traffic between NS 
and CSXT, but also on the many opportunities to attract new traffic to 
our system in the immediate future. Your help in accomplishing that 
will be an important part of achieving our potential over the long 
haul." -- Tony Ingram, NS general manager Northern Region, in "Cross 
Ties," a magazine published by Conrail's Dearborn Division
	"The same dedication and professionalism that brought us this far 
will be the basis that takes us forward into a different and 
challenging future." -- David Wilson, Conrail's general manager at 
Dearborn, who will serve as superintendent of NS' new Dearborn Division 
following Closing Date, in "Cross Ties"

Conrail Heritage 
	William C. Brown, former president of the New York Central, a 
Conrail predecessor line, was an early advocate for deregulation of the 
railroad industry. 
	After becoming NYC's president in 1901, Brown became a spokesman 
for the industry. He worked to bring harmony among leaders of the 
railroads and the Interstate Commerce Commission, which had the power 
to regulate the industry. He explained to the public how railroads 
operated, why they needed capital, and the negative impact of 
regulation. To champion his cause, Brown wrote articles for magazines, 
newspapers and trade journals, and he traveled extensively throughout 
the Northeast, appearing before chambers of commerce, trade 
associations, press organizations, civic and commercial groups. 
	After serving nearly 13 years as president of the NYC, Brown 
retired in 1914, with 45 years of illustrious service to the rail 
industry. Decades later, in 1980, deregulation of the railroad industry 
became a reality with the passing of the Staggers Rail Act.

Norfolk Southern Heritage
	Residents of Roanoke, Va., have always considered Norfolk & 
Western, an NS predecessor line, an integral part of the city's 
history. In September, N&W's former GOB North and GOB South (the "GOB" 
stands for General Office Building), as well as its former passenger 
station, were placed on the Virginia Landmark Register. The State 
Review Board, which recommends locations for federal landmark status, 
approved the Historic Resources Board recommendation. In 1997, NS 
donated the buildings to the Roanoke Foundation for Downtown, part of 
Downtown Roanoke, Inc., a business organization concerned with the 
rehabilitation of Roanoke's buildings with an emphasis on preserving 
the architecture and historical value of the sites. 


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