It seems like I haven’t been railfanning as much lately, but I was able to get out to see Norfolk Southern train 211 pass by at lunchtime today with SD70ACe #1072 (Illinois Terminal Railroad heritage unit) trailing 2/3. This was…
To celebrate my dad’s 90th birthday, we rented the caboose at the Walkersville Southern Railroad during one of their steam excursions. Visiting locomotive Jeddo Coal 0-4-0T #85 provided the power. A great time was had by all and I’d highly…
Yesterday thanks to heads-ups from Facebook friends, I got to see specially painted Norfolk Southern GP38-2 #5642 leading train 974 west through Linden, Virginia en route to Shire Oaks, Pennsylvania. This equipment is an operation awareness and response (OAR) set…
Norfolk Southern B-line local train K91 passed west by Linden, Virginia last Saturday with SD40-2 #3346 and three cars. In the video below, you can hear the Leslie RS3L horn on the former Conrail unit. Photo Video
Here is a photo and video of Norfolk Southern train 36Q led by SD70ACU #7248. The Norfolk Southern SD70ACUs are rebuilt from former SD90MACs. NS #7248 is formerly a Union Pacific SD90MAC. Photo Video
Over Spring Break, we visited relatives in East Tennessee and also visited Dollywood. The hourly steam train ride there was very popular…. every trip looked full or nearly so. Dollywood 2-8-2 #70, also known as Cinderella, led the train and…
On April 12, 2019, Norfolk Southern train 740 (loaded coal train) climbed Linden Hill on the NS B-line in Virginia. Power was NS AC44C6Ms #4160 & #4120 with DPUs NS SD70ACe #1179 and ES-44AC #8171 on the rear. Photos and…
After Norfolk Southern 12R finally came west, Norfolk Southern train 211 was led by NS SD40E #6336, BNSF C44-9W #5350 and BNSF ES44C4 #6557 east on the NS B-line near Linden, Virginia on April 3, 2019. Photos and video are…
Yesterday, thanks to a heads-up from Rob, I heard 12R was stopped near Linden. After an engine failure, the train couldn’t get over the hill. Power from NS 228 at the Virginia Inland Port came over and coupled up to…
Yesterday, I watched Norfolk Southern train 956 led by NS F-9A #270, F-7B #275, F-7B #276, and F-9A #271 southbound at Boyce, Virginia on the NS H-line en route from Altoona, Pennsylvania to Augusta, Georgia for the Masters Golf Tournament.…
