Norfolk Southern train M3R (an extra train 13R) ran yesterday with seven locomotives on the head-end: D9-44CW #9170, ES-44AC #8166, D9-44CW #9133, ET44AC #3644, D9-44CW #9740, SD70 #2532 and D8-40CW #8331. Here is a photo and video from Markham, Virginia.…
Today at lunch, I caught Norfolk Southern train 211 nearing Linden, Virginia on the B-line led by NS SD70M-2 #2756 and NS D9-44CWs #9176 & 9205. There’s still some nice fall color around although it probably won’t last too much…
I was able to catch NS 290 today trying to get up Linden Hill on wet rails. I think the crew stopped the train just short of the Fiery Run Road crossing when it was clear they would not be…
Thanks to a heads up from TeeVeeJim, I caught Norfolk Southern train 211 at the Sage Road crossing in Markham, Virginia. Power was NS SD60M #6780, SD90MAC #7338 (still in Indiana Railroad paint) and D8-40CW #8332. Photos Video
Yesterday, after Norfolk Southern Train 290 ran by with an SD70 leader, a Loram Rail Grinder lined out of the siding at Linden (pictured below). They were taking multiple passes to grind the rails over road crossings. As the Loram.com…
At lunchtime today, I was able to catch Norfolk Southern train 290 climbing Linden Hill led by NS SD70 #2515. Photos and video are below. In the video you can hear the Leslie RS3L horn. Photos Video
Today’s Norfok Southern Train 211 was led by D9-40Cs #8880 with a nice Nathan P5 horn. After watching the train come off the Hagerstown District and onto the Washington District’s B-line at Riverton Junction, I got ahead to see the…
Today I had time to watch NS 211 by Markham, Virginia. My wife took our good camera to take pictures at a field trip so I just had the video camera today. Nothing special for power but it was a…
On Sunday, Norfolk Southern train 290 followed NS train 12R up Linden Hill only about 10 minutes behind. I realized I forgot an SD card for my video camera so borrowed the one from my camera to shoot video.
Thanks to a heads-up from Mike B., I was able to catch Norfolk Southern train 36Q with D8-40C leader #8848 rolling west by B-line milepost 44 in Linden, Virginia yesterday. Sorry no video (I set up at the last minute…
