I’ve continued my tradition of putting out a 12-month wall calendar with a new NS B-Line 2023 calendar available now. This edition features a 611 excursion picture, a photo of the NS Training First Responders train, heritage units (Interstate Railroad,…
Here’s a photo of Norfolk Southern ES44AC 8105 leading NS train 275 east through Markham, Virginia on a gray December day.
Last Sunday, after running the South Berkeley Christmas 5k in Inwood, West Virginia, we watched the annual Christmas parade there. My favorite display was this steamed up steam tractor on a trailer. Here is a video:
Here’s a photo of Norfolk Southern train 25A rounding the curve coming in to Markham, Virginia on Friday, October 28, 2022 on the NS B-Line.
Today’s Norfolk Southern train 25A was led by NS AC44C6M 4527 as it crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains at the top of Linden Hill on the NS B-Line. A photo and video are below: Photo Video
It was a really nice fall day here as Norfolk Southern SD70IAC 1228 led a pair of Union Pacific ES44ACs (7357 & 7743) on the head end of NS train 25A. A photo and video are below shot as the…
Yesterday, we met some friends at the Front Royal Festival of Leaves. We checked out the Warren County Heritage Society site on Chester Street and I was surprised to find a three foot narrow gauge Plymouth locomotive and tipple cars…
Today, Norfolk Southern train 25A was led by NS AC44C6M 4003, painted in an experimental red mane scheme applied at the Roanoke Shops, east on the B-Line through Front Royal, Virginia. Here is a photo and video: Photo Video
Norfolk Southern ES44AC #8104 (Lehigh Valley Railroad heritage unit) led a short train 25A (formerly 211) east through Markham, Virginia on the NS B-Line. Aside from the symbol change, 25A also now runs 7 days a week (was previously Tuesday-Saturday).…
I shot this video this evening in Linden, Virginia as a helicopter trimmed trees along the Norfolk Southern B-Line. I spoke briefly with a worker who said they do tree trimming along railroads, pipelines, and powerlines. Following behind the helicopter,…
