I’ve gotten a little bit behind on updating the blog so plan to post frequently until I’m caught up. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year to photograph trains. Here are some pictures and a video from…
Fall Pics
Category: Photos
MoW Ballast Cleaning Train
This evening I noticed a Norfolk Southern Maintenance of Way ballast cleaning train tied down in the siding at Linden on the NS B-Line. Here are a couple photos.
NS Train 289 Passing Woods
Norfolk Southern train 289 is seen today passing by the control point named Woods in Front Royal, Virginia as the train heads east on the NS B-Line. NS often names their control points after people and I believe that was…
An Hour in Ashland, Virginia
On Saturday, my oldest daughter rode her team bus to a cross country meet outside of Richmond, Virginia. My youngest daughter and I drove down to the meet to watch and stopped for dinner in Ashland around 5:00p. The weather…
NS Train 27A with Lehigh Valley Heritage Leader
Norfolk Southern train 27A was led by NS ES44AC 8104 (the Lehigh Valley Railroad heritage unit) today east on the B-Line. When I arrived I saw the clear signal at the Woods control for an eastbound on the B-Line. Before…
NS Train 27A Crossing the Potomac River
Norfolk Southern train 27A is seen crossing the Potomac River from Maryland into Shepherdstown, West Virginia from the scenic Rumsey Monument vantage point. This is on the ex-N&W Shenandoah Valley Line. Of note, there are a couple special Hub Group…
NS 93X Ballast Train Running LHF
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.…
NS Train 274 West at Belle Meade
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…
NS 13R at Riverton on the Shenandoah Valley Line
Yesterday, I had hoped to catch the Monongahela Railway heritage unit crossing the Shenandoah River but the train was making good time coming down from Pennsylvania and I realized I wouldn’t be able to get in position in time. Instead,…
Heritage Units on Friday and Saturday
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…