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.
On Thursday, February 7th, 2019, Norfolk Southern train 740 was heading south toward the B-line. I figured it wouldn’t make it to me until after dark so I drove to Cedarville, Virginia to see the loaded coal train with NS…
Norfolk Southern train 12R stalled this past Sunday near the top of Linden Hill. Empty hopper train 777 was following and its power came to assist 12R over the hill. Photos and a video are below. Photos Video
