I drove up to Berryville, Virginia today on the Norfolk Southern Shenandoah Valley Line and found southbound NS train 201 waiting at a stop signal. I thought perhaps 201 was waiting for a meet with a northbound train, but the…
Norfolk Southern train 779 with empty PGNX hoppers is over two miles long climbing Linden Hill on the NS B-Line in Virginia led by AC44C6Ms 4446 & 4370 with mid-train DPUs ES-44AC 8180 & SD70ACC 1834 and rear DPUs ES-44ACs…
I’ve been working on my 2022 train calendar and was surprised to notice I had never posted this photo and video of Norfolk Southern ES-44AC #8114 (original Norfolk Southern Railway heritage unit) pulling work train 92X west through Markham, Virginia…
Today, Norfolk Southern train 211 was by by ES-44AC #8099 (the Southern Railway heritage unit) east of Markham at the Sage Road crossing on the NS (formerly-Southern Railway) B-line. Photos and video are below. Photos Video
It seemed like I was waiting a long time for this opportunity… NS 8100 (the Nickel Plate Road heritage unit) leading train 203 on May 7, 2020. This was the final heritage unit I need to get pictures of all…
After we picked up a few inches of snow on January 7th, I took pictures of NS trains 227 and 211 on the days that followed.
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.
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
On Thursday I caught Norfolk Southern train 777 (empty hoppers) led by NS ES-44AC #8151, SD70ACC #1813, ES-44DC #7666, D9-44CW #9636, AC44C6Ms #4047 & #4166 heading west up Linden Hill. Photo Video
Here’s a video of NS train 740 cresting Linden Hill from March 10, 2019. Power was ES-44AC #8046 and AC44C6M #4171 with DPUs ES-44ACs #8111 and #8073 on the rear.
