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...
Spoke with my mom tonight who lives in Portsmouth. She told me she hadn't seen any stack trains moving on the Commonwealth. Any idea of a start date?...
Hi everyone! While I was railfanning at Collier Yard a few weeks ago, a railfan from Newport News said that the coal traffic has increased on the line and is...
Joey - Coal traffic is indeed on the rise and the C&O is extremely busy. So much so, that CSX is rerouting many grain trains over the RF&P Sub. Jeff Hawkins ...
Well, I stopped by the CR office late today and found the 2 engs which had been repainted and there was a fellow who was doing some paint detailing and said he...
Doh, typo. I ment Most were not all... see what multitasking does... I'm curious with all the weather that hit Suffolk today how the motors faired. Fresh...
... I am very glad to know that they are committing paint to these units since it might lead to their use for a good while longer. Hopefully someone will be...
