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…
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…
This morning I was off work and saw Norfolk Southern train 227 heading west over Linden Hill. Photo below: Photo
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…
