I heard on the police scanner that the Commonwealth hit a dump truck at the Johnny Holland crossing yesterday morning around 9:30 am. The report was that no...
Hey everyone! I'm planning a trip to the CSXT Portsmouth Subdivision, and I was wondering how many trains would come through in a certain period of time. I'm...
The trains generally run two in the AM and sometimes two in the PM (abt 7:30-8:30) thought Suffolk, VA. The rock job out of there has been anulled. Also,...
Does anyone know if the C&A is running less trains lately? I used to railfan this railroad frequently before I moved to Tennessee about two years ago and was...
Not wanting to restart an old rumor, but here is a link: http://www.drpt.virginia.gov/projects/files/CSX%20Peninsula% 20Subdivision%20Presendation%201-8-09.pdf...
"THE TIDE" IS ROLLING IN Jan. 19 news blurb from RAILWAY TRACK & STRUCTURES Magazine: ____________________________________________________________ Editorial:...
Railway Age is presenting a Security Forum & Expo Jan. 20, 2009 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Crystal City, Arlington Registration is a bit steep for the...
Apologies for the format bugs in the schedule. If it came through unreadable here is the text version... Selected items of interest to railfans from the agenda...
OK, one last time. Sorry about the confusion. Tuesday, January 27, 2009- 8:00 Registration | Expo Open 9:00 Welcome by Railway Age 1:45 Session 3A: Railfans...
Last I heard they are still tied down at the yard office in NC. However there were two units sitting at Collier yard... waiting to be delivered... that could...
The CORP 4001 and 4165 were sent to the SCRF several months ago at great expense to R/A.....they should have gone there in the first place. The 4000/4166...
Thanks for the info Gary! Sounds like I need to come south again and chase the back to back slug sets! 4000 was smoking up a storm when I was down there. The...
NS has torn up the original track and ties along Terminal Blvd in Norfolk outside the south gate of NIT. There are stacks of new ties and rail there so it...
From recent observations. The NEW siding along Terminal BLVD is being ballasted in preparation for being put in service. The track along 164 has been extended...
Buckingham Branch RR has filed a petition to take over operations of the Virginia Southern line from Rail America's North Carolina and Virginia... will this...
Jerry, Thanks for the STB link. Yes, the Virginia Southern will survive; something which has been virtually guaranteed since the Mecklenburg Co-gen plant was...
I recall in the early 1980s, when I was still with the Tidewater Chapter NRHS, that we ran some trains from Norfolk to Edenton for the Virginia Opera...
~~~RED UNIT MAY PASS BLUE UNIT IN WASHINGTON DC AREA, THIS JUMP!~~~ ROUTE: CSXT - Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC, Richmond, COLLIER YARD. Interchange to Norfolk...
As of this writing, the SOUTHBOUND Red Unit Circus Train (coming from New York City) is expected through Washington, D.C. (Benning, and by the Blue Unit's...
We hauled the two LLPX GP-38-3 locomotives up to Boykins today and F774 took them away . Kind of sad but we really dont need them since we got the CORP...
RED UNIT, on the way from NYCity to Norfolk VA: ....They had hoped to get out of Baltimore by 1:15am, but didn't until approximately 5:30am. (Delay cause...
The Circus Train arrived in Norfolk VA's Lambert's Point Yard for storage and unloading at 4:30pm, about 4 hours behind the scheduled arrival time. I'm...
Based on recent observations the East end of the track along Rt 164 has been connected to a switch installed in the current Maersk Lead track, another switch...
RINGLING BROS. and BARNUM & BAILEY Circus <http://www.Ringling.com> 151.625 is the Circus Train Operations radio frequency Circus Train Yahoo Group: ...
As always, interesting and informative. I saw it in Suffolk with our small group of interested people, and noticed more circus people riding in vestibules and...
NS train ID "047" was used for BOTH CIRCUS TRAINS, BLUE AND RED, TODAY on two different Norfolk Southern Railroad lines, in Virginia. When Red Unit was...
Folks, THIS April 20, 2009 RED UNIT TRAIN-RUN MADE HISTORY! Read on; that history-making stuff comes in FOUR PARTS.... RED UNIT (NS "047") was made up and...
Does anyone know the schedule for the Red unit's departure from Hampton? I live and work in Williamsburg (and didn't know what time they'd be coming through...
