The Norfolk Southern S-Line is a secondary railroad line which runs between Morristown, Tennessee and Salisbury, North Carolina.
It is operated by Norfolk Southern Railway under 2 divisions. Half of the line is within the Coastal Division and the other half is in the Central Division.
On May 8, 2020, Linwood Yard in Spencer, NC will be idling its hump and rerouting all terminating/originating trains to the surrounding yards in the area. Due to this, the S-Line will no longer feature any through trains (trains running through the entirety of the line. The line will, however, still feature all locals from before with either extended or additional routes.
Trains All trains are required to be given track authorities from the Asheville Dispatcher. Train numberFrom-ToFrequency135 Asheville-Knoxville Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, 2 am136 Knoxville-Asheville Sunday, Tuesday, Friday 744 Salisbury-Catawba As needed745 Catawba-Salisbury51x Linwood NC-Lehigh IL As needed
Local trains Train numberFrom-ToNotesFrequencyP71 Oyama-Old FortTurn Mon-FriP95 Oyama-Catawba Turn Mon-FriP60 Oyama to Linwood Sun-FridayP61 Barber-LinwoodDaily P62 Barber-Statesville Sun-ThurP87 Asheville-BridgewaterMon-FriT-28 Morristown, TN to Leadvale, TN Mon-FriT-29 Morristown, TN to Newport, TN Sun-Thur
References
See also List of Norfolk Southern Railway lines