This is video I filmed off the ATV while flying the drone. This is very difficult to travel as you will see here in this video. Hope you will enjoy watching me fight my way through this section.#norfolksouthern #railwayCheck this out!! The voters of Cincinnati probably killed the last 20 miles of this line for good.
In 2022, [NS](www.norfolksouthern.com/) reported executing a [purchase agreement for the Class II](www.railwayage.com/freight/class-i/ns-to-acquire-cincinnati-southern-for-1-62b/), which it and its predecessor railroads have been operating under a lease agreement with the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, since 1881. The 1.62 billion offer for the line that connects Cincinnati and Chattanooga, Tenn., was approved by the CSR Board and City, but the deal required changes in state law approved by voters through a public referendum, as well as [Surface Transportation Board](www.stb.gov/) (STB) approval. [STB authorized the acquisition, subject to employee protective conditions, on Sept. 19, 2023](www.railwayage.com/freight/ns-bid-to-acquire-csr-faces-legislative-hurdle/?RAchannel=home), saying it “would not likely cause a substantial lessening of competition or create a monopoly or restraint of trade.” Now, voters have also signed off on the deal.
Included in the transaction is the approximately 9,500 acres of land that sits under the CSR infrastructure that is maintained NS. As part of the agreement, NS said it will also donate to the State of Ohio approximately 20 miles of the east end of its Peavine Line, an out-of-service segment that runs from Rarden to Vera Junction. MP 83.3-105