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NS 290 with Lackawanna Heritage Unit Leading

SD70ACe #1074, the Delaware Lackawanna & Western heritage unit , leads NS train 290 west up Linden Hill on 2/20/2017

This morning I caught Norfolk Southern train 290 led by SD70ACe #1074, the Delaware Lackawanna & Western heritage unit, as it charged westward up Linden Hill with a relatively short train. Photos and Video below. Photos Video

Citirail Leader on NS 290

NS 290 is led by CREX ES-44AC #1345 up Linden Hill on 2/4/2017

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…

NS 290 Cresting Linden Hill

NS D9-44CW #9893 leads train 290 west over Linden Hill on 1/20/2017

Today, I took my daughter to watch NS 290 crest Linden Hill. A pair of dash 9s throttles back as the train heads west blowing for a private crossing. Video

NS 290 with BNSF Power

NS train 290 led by BNSF C44-9W #5492 on Linden Hill (12/10/16)

Thanks to Alex Gillespie Rail Productions for the heads-up on Norfolk Southern train 290 today with two BNSF GEs for power. Photos and video from Linden Hill on the NS B-line below. Photos Video

NS 35Q Meets NS 290 at Cody

NS train 35Q led by ES-44DC #7525 near Front Royal, Virginia on 11/6/2016

This morning I headed out to try to get some fall photos with 35Q headed east. After 35Q crept up to a stop signal between Front Royal and Linden on the siding, I figured a train was headed west on…

290 Can’t Make Linden Hill

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…

NS 290 with SD70 Leader on Linden Hill

NS 290 led by SD70 #2515 climbs Linden Hill on a drizzly fall day

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

Two Trains Climbing Linden Hill

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.