Having just missed Norfolk Southern train 12R at Linden, I caught up with the train at Cedarville on the H-Line. Thanks to heads-ups from Terry and Stephen on a Facebook group, I knew 12R would have RPU6D Slug #892 and…
Aside from steam excursions, the Norfolk Southern office car special is my favorite train to catch. I was able to catch the NS business train led by old EMD F-units (NS F-9A #4271, F-7B #4276 and F-9A #4270) east by…
Yesterday evening, I caught Norfolk Southern trains 16T and 51K head north toward Front Royal on the ex-N&W H-line (aka the Shenandoah Valley line). Power on 16T was NS SD60E #7008 and D9-44CWs #9824 & #9428. 51K’s power was NS…
This evening, I went to Marshall, Virginia and saw Norfolk Southern train 12R head west on the NS B-line across the East Main Street (Route 55) crossing. Power was NS ES-44AC #8062 and NS D9-44CWs #9356 & #9910. A photo…
Thanks to heads-ups from Mike W. and Kenneth M., I headed out to see Norfolk Southern train 781 on the H-line at Riverton Junction after dinner. Thinking I might have missed the train, I was getting ready to head home…
Thanks to heads-ups from William D., Alex D., Ian W., and Brian E., I watched Norfolk Southern train 214 head west over the hill through Linden, Virginia this evening led by NS ES44AC #8103 (the Norfolk and Western heritage unit).…