Tag: norfolk southern

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…

NS Train 27A Crossing the Potomac River

A Norfolk Southern train crosses a bridge over 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 trainĀ 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

A train passes by a field with a mountain in the background

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…

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…

Loram Rail Grinder

A Loram Rail Grinder set is grinding the rails of the Norfolk Southern B-Line today. Rail grinders are used to restore the profile of worn rails. Here are a photo and video of the set working west at Linden, Virginia.…