Jeff Allgood reports NS 52V (grain train) by Poe at 1510 with NS 6563 (SD60) leading a Catfish with 75 covered hoppers. Crewe is holding him at Disputanta for...
October has been a slow month from a photography perspective for me. Nevertheless, I have added about a half-dozen new photos to my web page. Included in this...
This morning at an 11:00 am press conference, International Paper announced that the Franklin papermill will close permanently. It will start closing in two...
CSX has a good bit of traffic to/from the plant (much more in the past when long lines of pulpwood and chipcars plied the line to Franklin), and the Hercules...
I have updated some more photos to my web site taken over the past week. Included are: * CSX Q703-21 departing Collier Yard in Petersburg, Virginia with a ...
Ive noticed with the increased night time traffic on the Penn Sub over the past few weeks. Use to you would catch a confederate hopper here and there on a coal...
The new RT-17 bridge over the new Commonwealth Maersk terminal line is open to traffic. This was the only area where track had not been laid on the new line....
They appear to be laying only a single track at this time; does anyone know when the SECOND track will begin being laid? (The VDRPT website states/indicates...
What is a 782? "G" "Q" "N" "Z" "F"??? Where does it run/going to? Sorry, it is Q782. It use to be Q447, runs from Chesapeake, Belt Line Yard, to Rocky Mount. ...
... I talked to one of the engineers that is overseeing the project for the Virginia Port Authority and was told that it is on hold for now because they ran...
There is a Herzog ballast train in the Airport Siding at Addison (MP N87.5). The symbol is 944, and he appears to have a wide cab something leading on the...
CSX G848-03 is currently running southbound at Pleasant Hill with CSXT 7367 (YN2 C40-8W), headed for the Weldon Connection. F774 will follow him from Weldon,...
Actually it has to be a joke. There are way too many spelling and grammar errors to be a press release from any self-respecting company. Why was this even...
I was thinking the same think Jeff. Until I see it on the NS webpage, I wont believe it. However, i did here talk that NS is funding the 4501 restoration at...
Aside from that this come after Pete Lerro does a night photo shoot with both the 611 and the 1218. Can't even find the original article. Most of the "history"...
Is this a joke? ________________________________ From: Ian Murray <csabresxr1@...> Sent: Wed, November 18, 2009 11:57:53 AM Subject: [Tidewater_Rails]...
I love it when people mess with my emotions! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: Jeff Hawkins <jl.hawkins@...> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009...
Sounds like a poor attempt at humor to me. If Norfolk Southern were to restore and run any steam, I'd prefer they bring 1218 back ... [Non-text portions of...
Having been at the VMT this past weekend for the Lerro Productions photo shoot, I can tell you the chances of 1218 running again are non-existant. The...
Well, that confirms what I've heard. Sad, we could use a few more articulated steal locos in running condition. ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
