NS 741 West By Woods

Today, Norfolk Southern train 741 was led by AC44C6M 4678 west on the main track of the NS B-Line through the control point at Woods in Front Royal, Virginia. The consist was empty coal hoppers and a DPU on the…

PRR Heritage Unit leading NS 12Z

Norfolk Southern ES-44AC 8102 (the Pennsylvania Railroad heritage unit) led NS train 12Z today northward on the ex-N&W Shenandoah Valley line through Front Royal, Virginia. The units consisted of NS ES-44AC 8102 and ET44AC 3608 on the head-end, with ES-44ACs…

NS 289 at Belle Meade

I heard a train while running errands this afternoon and got ahead of it at the Distillery Road crossing at Belle Meade (between Linden and Markham, Virginia). Here’s the photo of Norfolk Southern train 289: