Jeff Allgood reports NS 388 by New Bohemia at 1825 hours with the following lashup....all online! NS SD60 #6583 MRL SD40XR #264 LTEX SD45R (Larry's Truck &...
Friday, Nov. 4, 2005's issue of the Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper had the following encouraging article, written by T-D writer Chip Jones (Virginia's own...
The BUILD LIST of railroad up-grades around the state are REALLY being pushed to the forefront now, and the LINK below takes you to the VDRPT (Virginia Dept....
Well, apparently the LINK isn't working just right. Therefore, here's a transcript from the VDRPT recommendation list, which I managed to get a copy of when...
Hello from bizjournals.com! Dennis M. Linsky (Dennismk1@...) thought you might like the following article from the Baltimore Business Journal: Amtrak fires...
Gary Mullis and I headed out last night to see what we could catch around Norfolk. First stop was Lambert's Point where we witnessed a 815 hopper train being...
Just in at Walt's Hobby, a must have DVD from Mainline Motion Pictures. Never before seen video of SAL, ACL, SCL, FEC, and L&N. Seaboard SDP-35's on passenger,...
Anyone in the know about this operation? Here's what I have found: They had a Baldwin-Westinghouse electric motor built in 1912, and carried the number 200 for...
The Hampton & Langley Field Rwy was built and owned by a Hampton family about 1917, with the intention of leasing it to the C&O in order to serve Langley Field...
Russell, I've never heard of the H&LF but it makes a lot of sense. Being from Tidewater myself (born in Norfolk), I do know that every military base of any...
... From: CW Long To: Va Group Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 5:36 PM Subject: RE: [vrfe] Hampton & Langley Field Rwy Russell: What was the path of the...
... wrote: Since there has been much discussion lately regarding the AG class locomotives, I thought the following information would be of interest to the...
My son and I went out this morning in search of remnants for the Hampton and Langley Field Rwy., and found some definate traces of the old electric line, as...
... electric ... Frederick Rwy in ... I have found 3 diesel locomotives that were once stationed at Langley Field, prior to the end of rail service. These are...
Russell, How sure are you that Rip Rap Rd. was built on the old H&LF RY right of way? The reason I ask is the map I looked at shows the switch from the C&O to...
Mike, What map is this? None of the maps i've found show the C&O switch to the H&LF. Could you post a link? - Jason Underwood [Non-text portions of this...
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I think this map is from the 1940s. What we now call King St. was then Langley Field Rd. What we now call Mercury Blvd. was then Military Hwy. The traffic...
I've uploaded an aerial photo with the H&LF added as an overlay to my server. It makes it easy to see where the road bed was and how little probably remains. ...
The story is told that this is how the C&O found out how heavy their 2-6-6-6 locomotives really were. The actual weight had been, shall we say fugged. The...
In The Daily Press from 10/20/17 there is an add that lists "Passenger Cars to and from Langley Field, Oct. 20." it shows leaving King & Queen Sts. every hour...
Good job Pete! Thanks for doing that, takes all the guess work out. CHESSIEMIKE ... <piszczek@c...> wrote: I've uploaded an aerial photo with the H&LF added...
Yeap, I have posted a new photo album labeled "Rhett's photos" here on the Tidewater Rails Yahoo Group. ENJOY the pics (more may be added later on, as I find...
In the Military Trains album, I posted a scan of part of a map. Esso issued this highway map in 1972 which appears to show the line from C&O to Langley AFB,...
