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…
Norfolk Southern train 27A was led by NS ES44AC 8104 (the Lehigh Valley Railroad heritage unit) today east on the B-Line. When I arrived I saw the clear signal at the Woods control for an eastbound on the B-Line. Before…
Here’s a video and photo from Front Royal, Virginia of Norfolk Southern train 25A today as it heads east nearing the crossing at Marys Shady Lane on the NS B-Line in Front Royal, Virginia. The power was NS AC44C6M 4147,…
Yesterday, we met some friends at the Front Royal Festival of Leaves. We checked out the Warren County Heritage Society site on Chester Street and I was surprised to find a three foot narrow gauge Plymouth locomotive and tipple cars…
A Norfolk Southern Maintenance of Way camp train has been parked in Front Royal, Virginia recently on the wye and old spur behind the fire department. NS uses camp cars to house MoW employees rather than put them up in…
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
Along the ex-N&W line in Front Royal, two SD40-2s were parked next to the old station on September 22, 2018.
Last Sunday, I swung by the old Front Royal station on the ex-N&W Shenandoah Valley Line and found Norfolk Southern SD40-2 #3333 sitting there. According to Chris Toth’s site NS #3333 is an ex-Conrail unit, built in 1977.
Yesterday evening, I caught Norfolk Southern trains 16T and 51K head north toward Front Royal on the ex-N&W H-line (aka the Shenandoah Valley line). Power on 16T was NS SD60E #7008 and D9-44CWs #9824 & #9428. 51K’s power was NS…
