Month: July 2026

50 Years Ago: The Liberty Limited ’76

by spgass • July 17, 2026

This is an audio recording my dad made on July 17, 1976 of the Southern Railway Liberty Limited ’76 on the B-Line crossing a road to the then-IBM campus off of Wellington Road in Manassas, Virginia. Power for the excursion…

N&W 611 Celebrating America’s 250th

by spgass • July 5, 2026

I visited the Buckingham Branch Railroad on the Fourth of July yesterday and caught three scenes of N&W Class J 611 leading the 10:00a Virginia Scenic Railway excursion between Louisa and Gordonsville, Virginia. The 611 is specially decorated with a…