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 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
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
It seems like I haven’t been railfanning as much lately, but I was able to get out to see Norfolk Southern train 211 pass by at lunchtime today with SD70ACe #1072 (Illinois Terminal Railroad heritage unit) trailing 2/3. This was…
Here’s a shot from May 31, 2019 of Norfolk Southern train 211 at Fiery Run Road crossing in Fauquier County, Virginia. Power was NS ES-44DC #7622, SD70ACe #1073 (the Penn Central Railroad heritage unit), and SD70ACe #1066 (the New York…
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…
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…
Thanks to a heads-up on Facebook from Alex D., I was able to grab a couple pictures and video of Norfolk Southern train 211 as it traversed the NS B-line in Virginia. Pictures and video are below. Photos Video
Lately, Norfolk Southern has been running some empty coal hopper trains west on the B-line. They used to mainly run up the Shenandoah Valley Line north from Roanoke, but perhaps due to crew availability they have been running a couple…
