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…
At lunchtime today, I was able to catch Norfolk Southern train 90G passing through Linden, Virginia on the NS B-Line. Consist was NS SD70ACe 1059, NS 38 “The Brick”, and research car NS 36. A video and going-away photo are…
Norfolk Southern train 25A was led today by a pair of BNSF locomotives shown here passing the Appalachian Trail crossing in Linden, Virginia. BNSF ES44C4s 6663 and 4217 were the unit numbers. Photo Video
Here’s a photo of Norfolk Southern train 25A in Front Royal, Virginia from May 30, 2026. Lead power was ES-44DC 7561.
Norfolk Southern train 289 is led by NS SD70ACe 1047 and AC44C6M 4943 east up the grade near Linden, Virginia on a rainy spring day. A photo and video of the train are below. Photo Video
Norfolk Southern train 955 passed by today on the NS B-line near Linden, Virginia. Here are a couple photos and a video from the Applachian Trail crossing. Power was newly painted NS ES44AC 8184 “Altoona” and SD70IAC 1231 “Atlanta.” They…
VRE 325, Amtrak 178, and a late running Amtrak 20 passed through Clifton, Virginia within about 20 minutes on the NS mainline this afternoon. Jump to video. Photos Video
Norfolk Southern northbound train 16T led by NS AC44C6M 4411 and SD70IAC 1209 with mid-train DPUs AC44C6Ms 4124 & 4405 met southbound train 15T today between Front Royal and Warren on the former Norfolk & Western Shenandoah Valley Line. NS…
Norfolk Southern SD70ACe 1070 (the Wabash Heritage Unit) led train 25A today east across the Appalachian Trail on the B-Line near Linden, Virginia. Despite temperatures near 60F (16C), some snow/sleet cover remains for now. A photo and video are below.…
NS AC44C6M 4851 (the Tennessee Alabama & Georgia Railway heritage unit) leads train 25A east near Happy Creek, Virginia on a cold, winter day. Note: no doublestacked containers on this train today. Here are a few photos and a video.…
