Norfolk and Western Class J #611 pulls "The American" excursion east past Linden en route back to Manassas from Riverton Junction.

NS Office Car Special passes west by Linden after crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains on the Norfolk Southern B-line.

An intermodal train climbs the hill at Linden on NS' B-line.

TripleCrown containers and TOFC, not just RoadRailers

Cresting Linden Hill

NS 956 has crested Linden Hill, and is descending into the Shenandoah Valley.

After missing the OCS at Linden, we gave up on it and decided to wait for this westbound manifest at a great location on the scenic B-Line.

Fall colors are a little bit late in Virginia's Piedmont region this year as 214 approaches the summit of the Blue Ridge, behind a matched set of GP60s

Two possible reasons for this pose: 1) the horn might be too loud, Grandad 2) an aversion to NS 'Catfish'...

What a colorful lash-up on such a gray snowy day at Linden, Virginia.

NS 12R is wide open at about 7 MPH as it reaches the summit of the Linden Hill. If you are not careful at this location, you eat some serious exaust when the locomotive passes under the bridge.

Just crested the summit at Linden

The summit has been reached and 11R will soon accelerate to track speed as he proceeds downhill from Linden.

Working hard, 11R leans into a curve on Linden Grade. Trailing the fourth engine is a large electrical transformer.

NS OCS nears the top of the grade as it makes its way to Altoona via Northern Virginia. There were plenty of railfans to catch the action as a crew member takes a picture of the picture takers.