This morning I got a nice surprise seeing Norfolk Southern ballast train 93X with NS AC44C6M 4727 running long hood forward. The train was heading eastbound and stopped short of Happy Creek Rd between Woods and Cody on the NS B-Line.…
Today, Norfolk Southern train 274 with a mixed freight consist was led west by NS ES-44AC 8147, ES-44AC 8114 (the original Norfolk & Southern heritage unit), ES-44DC 7679 and D9-44CW 9749. The scene is in Belle Meade, Virginia located between…
Sometimes it seems like weeks can go by with nothing very interesting to see, but then heritage units come by two days in a row. That was the case this weekend where I caught the Monongahela Railway heritage unit leading…
A Loram Rail Grinder set is grinding the rails of the Norfolk Southern B-Line today. Rail grinders are used to restore the profile of worn rails. Here are a photo and video of the set working west at Linden, Virginia.…
Norfolk Southern train 919 is led by ES-44DC 7577 east on the NS B-line through Linden, Virginia on July 7, 2024. A photo and video are below. Video
I went out to the NS B-Line Appalachian Trail crossing this morning to watch Norfolk Southern train 12R. The Penn Central heritage unit and an ex-Southern Railway high-hood GP38-2 were trailing motors. The train was reported to have two cabooses,…
Norfolk Southern train 578 is led by NS SD70ACe 1068 (the Erie Railroad heritage unit) east upgrade through Linden, Virginia this morning pulling a train of loaded export coal. A photo and video are below. Photo Video
Longtime readers are aware I put out an annual railroad photography calendar. Normally, I choose scenes along the Norfolk Southern B-Line, but this year I chose to select shots from NS’s (former N&W) Shenandoah Valley Line where I also like…
Last Tuesday, Norfolk Southern train 25A had NS AC44C6M 4290, UP SD70AH 9099, and NS ES-44AC 8101 (Central of Georgia Railway heritage unit) for power. Here’s a short going-away grab video as the train heads east through Linden, Virginia on…
This evening, Norfolk Southern train 27A had NS ES-44AC 8158, WFRX SD70MAC 8962, WFRX SD70MAC 8895, and NS ES-44AC 8157 for power heading south on the ex N&W Shenandoah Line through Cedarville, Virginia a few miles north of the B-Line…
