On Saturday, December 28, 2019, Norfolk Southern ES44AC #8101 led train 227 west by Apple Mountain in Linden, Virginia. Photos and video are below. As seen in the video, Norfolk Southern has been putting mixed freight on the tail end…
The last week has been good for seeing Norfolk Southern heritage units in my area. Last Saturday morning, I saw the original NS and the Monongahela heritage units leading NS 777 with empty hoppers west over Linden Hill. Then in…
Last Friday, I went on a short chase of NS 92Q returning east on the B-line through Linden, Virginia with NS GP38-2 #5668 in Operation Lifesaver paint running solo after bringing a car west. Photos:
When the fall colors are good, I don’t care much about whether the power is special. I just want to get pictures of any train with a good backdrop. Here are a couple of pictures from late October.
Yesterday evening, I took the girls to see the Norfolk and Western Class J #611 go by. It was towed by a diesel to conserve fuel over the ferry move from Strasburg Railroad to the North Carolina Transportation Museum, but…
Last weekend I saw Norfolk Southern ES44AC #8098 (Conrail Heritage unit) leading train 214 westbound at Linden, Virginia on the NS B-line. Photos and video are below. Photos Video
Here’s something a little different. In addition to railfanning and photography, another hobby of mine is music. Here’s a home recording of a song I wrote inspired by Norfolk and Western Class J #611 and her crew when it climbed…
October is breast cancer awareness month and on October 5, 2019, I happened to see this Norfolk Southern Maintenance of Way boxcar parked in Front Royal, Virginia. The lettering on the side reads “Maintaining a Way for a Cure.”
Thanks to a heads-up from Sam, I found out Norfolk Southern train 211 had NS ES-44ACs #8105 (the Interstate Railroad heritage unit) leading the train. Photos and video are below. Photos Video
The west end of the siding along the B-line in Front Royal is known as Woods. I was driving by there along Happy Creek Road and saw this rainbow there. Too bad there wasn’t a westbound train coming along…
