New Hope Valley's ex-US Navy 65-tonner awaits its next excursion on the former original NS line to Durham.

1943-built #399 pulls out of the former Norfolk Southern (old NS) yard in Bonsal with a freshly painted Aberdeen & Rockfish caboose past the egg shack, so-called because a local farmer sells eggs ... (more)

One of several half century old centercabs that provide the diesel power for the NHVR. 399 was built for the US Navy in 1943. The NHVR acquired its four mile stretch of line from the Southern in ... (more)