Tag: riverton

NS 13R at Riverton on the Shenandoah Valley Line

Yesterday, I had hoped to catch the Monongahela Railway heritage unit crossing the Shenandoah River but the train was making good time coming down from Pennsylvania and I realized I wouldn’t be able to get in position in time. Instead,…

NS 27A Crossing the Shenandoah

Norfolk Southern train 27A crosses the Shenandoah River on the ex-N&W Shenandoah Valley Line nearing the B-Line at Riverton Junction 3:38p with NS ES-44AC 8171 & NS AC44C6M 4268 on the head end and NS AC44C6M 4625 & NS SD70ACe…

NS 274 North over the Shenandoah River

I bought a used kayak this morning and saw Norfolk Southern train 274 crossing the Shenandoah River on the former N&W Shenandoah Valley Line this afternoon. Unfortunately, I stopped videotaping shortly after the head-end passed because it turned out there…

B-Line Local at Riverton

The normally nocturnal NS B-line local train to Strasburg, Virginia ran Wednesday morning instead of Tuesday night for some reason this week. I was able to catch it coming back through the Historic Riverton District at lunchtime. A photo and…

Norfolk Southern Safety Train

The NS Safety Train is led by NS GP38-2 #5642 south through Riverton Junction, VA on 8/31/2018.

Thanks to a late-night Facebook post by Jon W., I was alerted to the Norfolk Southern Safety Train running south on the NS H-line (Shenandoah Valley Line) early this morning. Fortunately I made it to Riverton Junction this morning in…

NS AC44C6Ms 4003 & 4004 Leading NS train 781

NS AC44C6Ms 4003 & 4004 lead train 781 north at Riverton Junction, Va on 9/6/2017.

Thanks to heads-ups from Mike W. and Kenneth M., I headed out to see Norfolk Southern train 781 on the H-line at Riverton Junction after dinner. Thinking I might have missed the train, I was getting ready to head home…