NS's Richmond to Crewe road local departs Richmond with a pair of SD40-2s for power.
After getting a window to cross RF&P Sub, BB Z862 crosses the diamond at the former HN Cabin, still standing on the right. Today, this crossing is controlled by CSX remotely from Jacksonville.
My wife called and said she'd seen a special train so the chase was on. Carrying export locomotives with trucks on heavy duty flatcars this high and wide was probably destined for Norfolk. As ye... (more)
Buckingham Branch Z862 switches Doswell Yard with a pair of geeps for power.
The Acca to Fredericksburg turn heads back south through Ashland with a single ex-CR GP38-2 leading.
Southern Fools: In a consist that would seen too good to be true for April fools, NS 8099 and NS 1069 pull the Masters OCS southbound through Charlottesville, Virginia, after dark, as they head f... (more)
M301 heads south at Doswell in between a fleet of Amtrak trains on the RF&P Sub.
The Carolinian passes HN Cabin at Doswell, where the ex-C&O (now Buckingham Branch) crosses the RF&P.
Tower Falls: CSXT 3236 leads loaded coal train C210 eastbound through Balcony Falls in Glasgow, Virginia, along the CSX James River Subdivision, as the train passes an old coaling tower.
With station work complete, P084 heads out of Fredericksburg at the tail end of the AM rush on CSX's busy RF&P Sub.
Amtrak 84 stops at Fredericksburg on their way up the RF&P.
Local Runs: CSXT 363 leads local train CSX L212 up the grade through Moss Run, Virginia, along the CSX Alleghany Subdivision.
Tuckahoe Treck: CSXT 212 leads local train CSX L212 westbound around the curve in Tuckahoe, Virginia, along the CSX Alleghany Subdivision.
River Bluffs: CSXT 3236 leads loaded coal train CSX C210 through Buttons Bluff, Virginia, along the CSX James River Subdivision.
CSX M421 at the Ashland Amtrak Station