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Empty Hopper Trains on the B-Line

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NS ES-44AC #8101 (Central of Georgia heritage unit) leads train 781 west near Front Royal, VA on 12/27/2018.

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…

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NS AC44C6Ms 4003 & 4004 Leading NS train 781

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NS AC44C6Ms 4003 & 4004 lead train 781 north at Riverton Junction, Va on 9/6/2017.

Thanks to heads-ups from Mike W. and Kenneth M., I headed out to see Norfolk Southern train 781 on the H-line at Riverton Junction after dinner. Thinking I might have missed the train, I was getting ready to head home…

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