Tag: es-44dc

NS 27A Southbound Through Boyce

A Norfolk Southern intermodal train passes through the quaint town of Boyce, Virginia

Norfolk Southern train 27A is led by NS ES-44DC 7694 today on its way south through Boyce, Virginia on the former N&W Shenandoah Valley Line. Two mid-train DPUs appear shortly after 2:15 in the video below. Photo Video

NS Geometry Train 90G West Through Linden

Norfolk Southern geometry train

Norfolk Southern geometry train 90G ran westbound through Linden, Virginia today with ES-44DC 7676 leading research platform NS 34 and NS research car 99 “Belford.” A video and photos are below: Video Photos Here are a few photos taken of…

NS 203 at Distillery Road

Norfolk Southern train 203 was led by NS ES-44DC #7520 on March 30, 2022 past the old cider distillery at Belle Meade near Linden, Virginia. Train 203 has sometimes had DPUs recently but here the power was all up front.

NS 211 with NS 1074 & 4005 Trailing

On March 5, 2019, Norfolk Southern train 211 was led by ES-44DC #7591 east at Markham, Virginia, but it had two specially painted units trailing, NS SD70ACe #1074 (Delaware Lackawanna & Western heritage unit) and AC44C6M #4005 (special mane paint…

NS Geometry Train

Thanks to heads-ups from Hank and Rob plus a little bit of luck I was able to see the Norfolk Southern geometry train running east through Linden, Virginia today. Photos and video are below: Photos Video

Friday Evening Railfanning: 12R and 203

NS 12R led by ES-44DC #7598 up Linden Hill on 3/18/2017.

Yesterday evening, I went out to try to get a couple shots of trains before all the snow melted. First, a long train 12R slowly but steadily climbed Linden Hill in the westbound direction. 12R took over seven minutes to…