Wallace Line genus of plants which does not cross the Line is the Australasian genus "Eucalyptus". Antonio Pigafetta had recorded the biological contrasts between the Philippines and the Maluku Islands (Spice Islands) (on opposite sides of the line) in 1521 during the continuation of the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan, after Magellan had been killed on Mactan. Moreover, as noted by Wallace himself, the observations in faunal differences between the two regions had already been made earlier by English navigator George Windsor Earl. In Earl's pamphlet "On the Physical Geography of South-Eastern Asia and Australia", published in 1845, he described how shallow seas
S-Line (Norfolk Southern) S-Line (Norfolk Southern) 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 Piedmont Division and the other half is in the Central Division. Trains on the S-Line are mainly manifests, locals to and from Asheville and Salisbury, North Carolina and coal trains to Catawba and Belmont, North Carolina. Local trains operate at several different yards between Salisbury and Asheville, North Carolina. Intermodal trains and Amtrak passenger trains do not use this line. All trains