16T heads east across the farms and through the mountains of Virginia on the NS Roanoke District splitting the signals at Arcadia.
NS 134 rolls to a stop under the historic Shober bridge, named after Col. Francis Shober, a member of the United States Congress in the 1860s. The bridge was added to the national register of hist... (more)
The Virginian hauling a load of coal ash from a Duke energy steam plant in Eden North Carolina, is probably making one of the last runs on this branch before it becomes history.
NS Train 297 nears WB Jct. and the BNSF Marceline Sub. at Carrollton for the joint trackage run to CA Jct.
Locomotives: NS 1069, NS 2529
7-25-15 Carrollton, MO
We're 46 miles from where the current crew took charge of NS Train 297 and the VGN unit at Moberly, MO.
7-25-15 De Witt, MO
The Virginian Railway Heritage Unit leads NS Train 297 over the Grand River Bridge on the NS Kansas City District just west of the city of Brunswick.
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After meeting the eastbound 272, NS Train 297 hammers past the Wabash Searchlights still protecting the west end of Bentley Siding on the NS Kansas City District behind the NS VGN Heritage Locomot... (more)
The Virginian Railway heritage engine is on the point of NS 173 as it zips through the s-curve at Red Lane, just north of New Holland Yard.
Norfolk Southern's Virginian Railway-painted heritage EMD leads train 173 through the broad curve in Baldwin, GA that splits Fieldale Farms' two mills. These mills are two of dozens in northeast G... (more)
NS "Virginian" Heritage units leads empty autoracks from Ayer, MA as they head west over the Pan Am Southern Mainline
Norfolk Southern's Virginian heritage unit, SD70ACe 1069 leads 173 into Atlanta, Georgia on a crisp December afternoon.
The Kings Mountain Christmas parade is about to start. Christmas music rings over the speakers. People start to pick out their spots to watch Santa ride down the streets. Everyone in town stops to... (more)
The Bumblebee kicks up the fallen colorful leaves as they duck under the old Southern Railway intermediates.
The Virginian Heritage Unit passes the FreeWill Pentecostal Church, where "God wants full custody, not weekend visits".