Thanks to a heads-up from Mike B., I was able to catch Norfolk Southern train 36Q with D8-40C leader #8848 rolling west by B-line milepost 44 in Linden, Virginia yesterday. Sorry no video (I set up at the last minute…
Another catch during this rainy week was Norfolk Southern train 290 rolling east through Linden, Virginia on the NS B-line yesterday. Thanks to a heads-up, I headed out to see the autorack/COFC train with lead locomotive Canadian Pacific Railway ES44AC…
It’s been a rainy week, but here’s a photo and video of Norfolk Southern train 203 passing by the Fiery Run Road crossing between Linden and Markham, Virginia on the NS B-line on September 29, 2016. Power was D9-44CW #9436,…
Thanks to a heads-up, I caught Norfolk Southern train 203 today with ex-UP SD90MAC #7325 leading as it descended Linden Hill heading east on the B-line in Virginia. My wife was working today so I had my girls with me.…
At lunchtime today, SD70 #2513 was a nice surprise to see leading NS Train 211. Standard cab locomotives are starting to get rare to see as road power on the Norfolk Southern. Here’s a picture and video of the train…
The same power from NS 203 two days ago came back north from Atlanta today on NS 214. This time the Lackawanna Heritage unit was leading with SD70 #2524 and ET44AC #3614 trailing. Here’s a photo and video of the…
Today at lunchtime I caught Norfolk Southern Train 211 passing east through Markham, Virginia on the B-line with NS D8-40CW #8442, D9-44CWs #8970 & 9057. The leader is an ex-Conrail unit equipped with a Leslie RS3L horn.
Yesterday, I took my daughters to see NS Train 35Q eastbound at Linden, Virginia. There was a nice K5LLA horn and a friendly engineer on the UP SD70AH #8854 leader. Thanks to Thomas for the heads-up!
I received word of multiple nice trains today (another high and wide special, the Penn Central heritage unit leading NS228, NS290 with a new GE ET44AC unit)… but the only train I could fit into my schedule was NS211 with…
