During the past 2 weeks, a 1-to-2-man crew has been REMOVING the second track just beyond the I-64 overpass, at the lead off the CSXT mainline into the...
Today was just too good of a day to sit inside, so I took my son on an excursion he has been asking about for several weeks now. He has been wanting to hunt...
THIS TRIP REPORT WILL BE UPDATED LATER TODAY---after the train passes through Ashland VA. RINGLING BROS. and BARNUM & BAILEY Blue Unit Circus Train 61 cars -...
I have posted two videos that I shot in Suffolk in the 80's. The first is at the SAL-ACL connection track. The Suffolk Switcher has come from Franklin...
RINGLING BROS. and BARNUM & BAILEY Blue Unit Circus Train 61 cars - 5,405 ft. of train March 3, 2008: Enroute from Hampton VA to E. Rutherford NJ (SEE:...
Sorry to tell this but virtually all the trackage inside YNWS has been removed. Looks to me like the project is nearly finished which means that all track in...
We have been keeping an eye on the goings on at the new connection and several things have happened over the last few weeks that indicate that the connection...
... ON A RELATED NOTE, a CSX representative recently spoke at a public hearing in Richmond -- on Virginia rail projects (about a month ago) -- briefly stating...
FRONT PAGE HEADLINE NEWS, March 27, 2008 -- The Virginian-Pilot newspaper (Norfolk VA): <http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/portsmouth-sees-lightrail-hub-its- ...
LATE POSTING (with my apologies!) CHESAPEAKE BAY RAILROADERS OPEN HOUSE Grafton VA (6 miles south Yorktown) APRIL 5 and 6 Saturday April 5 - 10am to 4pm Sunday...
If anybody is familiar with the area around ATI (Advanced Techonology Institute) in VA Beach..what is the line that runs in front of the school there? All of...
Kevin, I belive that is the old Southern Raiload line that runs throught there. It was acquired by NS after the merger with the Southern RR. When I attended...
I'm no expert on the Va. Beach line but I do know that it was originally built to haul tourist to hotels at the oceanfront from norfolk. The line was...
I would like photos if they are from the original NS days (not the modern NS). ... From: Scott Biswanger <s2kcruiser@...> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008...
All I have from those 'old' days are various postcard and historic photos I've found on the web. Including a shot of a rail diesel car approaching the...
I.m not an expert but I play one on TV (but I haven't stayed in a Holiday Inn Express in years)! Seriously, the line is a branch of the original Norfolk...
Here's a few. The station shots are turn of the century, the steamer I would guess would be from the late 1800's and the Cavalier photo is dated. John Dulaney...
Cross-posted from the Richmond Rails Yahoo Group: PART 1--- "BUSINESS MUST BE PICKING UP ON THE PENINSULA SUB....." Monday morning at 8am, H774 weas seen...
... Well, well..... those cars were seen Wednesday morning on the Ft. Eustis lead track just north of the Rt. 60/Warwick Blvd. grade crossing, right behind...
There was previous discussion of removal of the second interchange track at Yorktown Naval Weapons station in VA. The work appears complete, with the single...
April 19, 2008 Signs are posted on four-laned Virginia Highway 143 (Merrimac Trail) about 1 mile west of Route 199 that track removal of two grade crossings...
Speaking of removing rails, the old tracks along side Moore Avenue in Suffolk are being removed. These are the tracks that once connected to the N&W mainline...
You must be speaking of the tracks that go down next to Mar-ja cold storage in Suffolk....I believe these tracks also once connected into the Virginian (once...
That is correct. It is my understanding that these tracks were once used to carry coal from a mine somewhere beyond where the N&W mainline is and a wharf on...
