Engine number one and three switch Cargill covered hoppers full of salt at Alpha.
The local north bound freight heads toward the CSX interchange as it switches industries along the way.
Buckingham Branch's first GP16 and second locomotive is BB 2. Today the Buckingham Branch has four GP16's all of which are operating on the line from Richmond to Clifton Forge.
In 1989 the Buckingham Branch Railroad acquired seventeen miles of track from CSX in Buckingham County. They also got CSX 8851, a GP-7, and an old caboose. The 8851 was then painted and renumbered... (more)
This engine was, at first, bought for spare parts because it was in scrap condition. However, the Buckingham Branch's mechanics tinkered with it and got it running so it became their second locomo... (more)
