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...
... JON, and EVERYONE: The last performance at Hampton Coliseum begins at 5:30pm this Sunday*, and I know this show's management very well: they will make...
Hey Everyone, I just joined the group. I live right on the old RF&P in Glen Allen, just north of Richmond.I'm the VP for the Old Dominion chapter of the NRHS....
I'm surpised to hear that everything was so rosy on the Virginia Southern. I have some freinds at the Buckingham Branch and they said the track is in miserable...
How will that help NS with a short cut to Richmond? Larry On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:23:27 -0000 ... Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National...
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... Welcome! I used to work in your area. I have certainly enjoyed being a member of this group, and I hope you will, too. Many interesting topics are...
I added a photo of the Circus Train on the Hampton Branch in the Miscellaneous Photo Album. I had wondered if this was the first time NS units had been out...
RINGLING BROS. and BARNUM & BAILEY Circus <http://www.Ringling.com> 151.625 is the Circus Train Operations radio frequency Circus Train Yahoo Group: ...
I live about 10 miles north of Acca yard. Is there any chance I will be able to see the train before I leave for work at 8 am on Monday? ... From: Rhett Coates...
... I would tend to doubt that, unless they get out of NN way before 6am. It's possible, but I wouldn't count on them getting that far THAT fast. Remember,...
... Good question. If there was traffic between Durham (and points south, east and west) and Richmond that end of the line would still be operating... and in...
I talked ot one of the BB guys yesterday. they take over on may 15th officially. The tracks are so bad that the deal is 30% of what is charged will go to track...
CIRCUS TRAIN! CSXT 6019 took the empty flatcars down the Hampton Branch Sunday afternoon for spotting, ending up on the east end of the cars - between them and...
