Hello All I'm making a trip to the Norfolk area for two weeks later this month. Since I'm not experienced with this area I was wondering if you might share...
Any chance of anyone getting good broadside photos of these cars? jerry <jmlaboda2@...> Passenger Car Photo Indexes - UPDATED 12/22/05 WITH 799 LINKS...
Nice shot Pete! Now you know why I don't bother with Railpictures.net anymore.... - Jason Underwood ... http://www.freewebs.com/jay611/ [Non-text portions of...
Pete, I guess they want you close enough to get footprints on the lense<VBG>. I thought it was a great shoot myself! Fred Mullins modeling the Atlantic &...
Mike, As a Norfolk native and having lived in this area for almost 60 years, I 'm afraid most of the best train-watching spots are either gone or under very...
Rode to Newsoms today and they are tearing down the 9011. I thought they would haul it like 471 but it looks as if its going to be taken apart. The rear hood...
That would be an excellent project. It would also serve to pointout where trainwatching spots in town are. There are plenty in Chesapeake, Norfolk and...
My son and I just got in from following the RBBX Blue Unit down the Hampton Branch. The elephant cars are spotted at the Armistead Ave. crossing, and the flats...
Been seeing a number of "1 Unit Wonders" on the line from Norfolk to Crewe. Typically, these are on the "Cleanup Trains," NS387/NS388. Still, have heard NS is...
Could just be a better way to utilize power. Empty trains require less power than those of heavier tonage, if a train can be handled by one unit the others...
Well, it's another year, and they've gone off into the sunset. Literally! Here's the Blue Unit Circus Train TRIP-TIMES from Newport News to Doswell, on...
I have to thank Rhett for bringing those little details that add up to Railfun for a lot of us, from the comfort of our homes. Bon Voyage, Blue Unit. Mark...
Good point. It caught my eye as abnormal. -Chuck- ... less power than those of heavier tonage, if a train can be handled by one unit the others will be sent...
NS special movement of generators was by Walnut Hill at 12:05PM Traveling at around 25 MPH eastbound with eng# NS 4142. First two loads on heavy duty flats,...
My father has been down in Newport News since Monday completing a Newport News Local. Dropping off cars to Pepsi Corp, and a couple of other locations along...
Awhile back I was out on the Amoco Branch watching 2 CW44AC's assemble a westbound VAPX train. There were several piles of new ties lying along the tracks, and...
Unfortunately, the "Amoco Branch" may be in for some slack times. Amoco sold their refinery at Yorktown to Giant Industries a few years ago. The coal...
... From: John Walsh Unfortunately, the "Amoco Branch" may be in for some slack times. Amoco sold their refinery at Yorktown to Giant Industries a few years...
I was on RT 17 yesterday and noticed theyve replaced the ties heading out towards VAPX/Giant Oil. Man they ties laying along the side of the track were in BAD...
Four train cars derail in Suffolk Richmond Times-Dispatch Mar 16, 2006 SUFFOLK, Va. - Four CSX train cars derailed early Thursday during a switching operation,...
Amtrak to examine its service Its long-distance routes will be studied as part of railroad's efficiency review The Associated Press Mar 17, 2006 WASHINGTON --...
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That sounds like the condition of their entire main line on the north end. The Florence Division is CSX's weak link. ... heading ... the ... way ... the...
It is fortunate that we have someone like Rhett willing to share all this. I wonder how the potential improved passenger rail service to South Hampton Roads...
