Each year, I put together a calendar with photographs taken along the scenic Norfolk Southern B-Line in Virginia. This year’s edition includes shots of freight trains in the snow, fall foliage, standard-cab leaders, an Amtrak charter train, the Norfolk and…
Saturday, December 9th, provided our first snowfall of the season. It was perfect weather for railfanning as the roads were pretty much clear, but the snow made the scenery beautiful. I went out to Rectortown, Virginia to see Norfolk Southern…
Norfolk Southern train 12R was led over Linden Hill today NS SD60E #6953, UP SD70AH #9039 , and KCS AC4400CW #4597. Here’s a video with a scene on each side of the hill:
Thanks to heads-ups from Bill, Rob, Tommy, Nathan, Paul, and Dave, I caught Norfolk Southern train 35Q today with an SD60 leader passing east through Linden, Virginia on the B-line. Photo and video below: Photo Video
Many Norfolk Southern trains continued to run on Thanksgiving this year. My wife asked me to pick up a bag of ice from the store so I timed my errand with the passing of NS train 227 west through Linden.…
This past Wednesday, Thanksgiving-Eve, I was off work and caught Norfolk Southern train 227 led by D8-40CW #8333 (ex-Conrail), D9-44CW #9770 and SD70M-2 #2666 west up Linden Hill on the NS B-line in Virginia. Photo and video below: Photo Video
Today during lunchtime, I caught Norfolk Southern train 211 led by D9-40C #8885 heading down Linden Hill on the B-line in Virginia. Here’s a photo:
Norfolk Southern train 12R which came through Linden, Virginia today at lunchtime led by NS AC44C6M #4043, UP AC4400CW #5988, and UP SD70M #4948. Apple Mountain can be seen in the background with some fall colors. Photo
Thanks to a heads-up from Bob P. in a Facebook Group, I knew 35Q would had an SD-60 leader today (these have gotten pretty rare for me to see). With the train still far away in Pennsylvania presumably with switching…
This Columbus Day, thanks to a heads-up from Mike, I got to see Norfolk Southern train 099 with a load of GE export locomotives pass through Markham, Virginia on the B-line. The locomotives were manufactured by GE in Erie, Pennsylvania…
