Yesterday, I caught Norfolk Southern train 12R climbing Linden Hill at lunchtime. The long heavy train on the grade was a good challenge for SD70ACe #1038 and D9-44CWs #9856 & #9494. Photo and video below: Photos Video
Yesterday I caught Norfolk Southern train 12R climbing Linden Hill led by NS D9-44CW #9274, SD90MAC #7333 (Ex-CEFX still in maroon paint), and D9-44CW #8981. Soon after the power passes, you can hear the horn sound for a private crossing.
Yesterday, Norfolk Southern train 290 is led by a single unit, SD70ACe #1040, as it climbed over Linden Hill on the NS B-line. A photo and video are below. Photo Video
Today on Easter Sunday, thanks to heads-ups from Mike and Sean, I was able to catch Norfolk Southern train 937 climbing Linden Hill. Power was a single D9-44CW and the train was camp cars for Maintenance of Way workers. There…
With redbud trees in bloom, Norfolk Southern train 12R crests Linden Hill with an SD70M-2 leader on April 14, 2017. Photo and video below. Photo Video
Norfolk Southern train 290 today was led by ES44AC #8025 (the Monongahela Railway heritage unit) and SD60E #6995. Here’s a picture and video from Linden Hill. Photo Video
Yesterday evening, I went out to try to get a couple shots of trains before all the snow melted. First, a long train 12R slowly but steadily climbed Linden Hill in the westbound direction. 12R took over seven minutes to…
Yesterday, Norfolk Southern train 290 charged up Linden Hill led by a pair of D9-44CWs. Sometimes 290 is underpowered, but the short train was easy for the dash 9s this time. Photo and video below. Photo Video
Today at lunch I shot a short video of NS 228 powering up over the Blue Ridge Mountains at Linden Hill in Virginia en route to Norfolk.
This afternoon, thanks to some heads-ups I headed out to Linden Hill to watch Norfolk Southern train 290. The leader was Citicorp Railmark Inc (Citirail) ES-44AC #1345. Citirail is a company that leases locomotives to railroads. Photos and video are…
