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.
MoW Ballast Cleaning Train
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.…