The Virginia Piedmont instead of the Water Level Route
No Ponies, Horseheads or Catfish this trip...
Replacement of the former Southern Railway signals is coming
Running as NS R14; coincidentally, it's 14 degrees (F)
The "Crescent" slows for its Manassas stop
Shortly after sunrise
Unit 98 on train 98
Auto Train nearing its northern destination, from the "other" (east) side of Neabsco
"Carolinian" heading south, from the "other" (east) side of Neabsco
Pushing north at sunrise
Short winter-season consist; one locomotive
Passing KP701, an equipment move taking two AEM-7s and an HHP-8 north for what is likely their last trip up the Corridor