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CSX RF&P Subdivision |
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Date: October 22, 2008
File Size: 53.1 MB |
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A short two hour visit
to the CSX RF&P
subdivision north of
Richmond, VA yields
Q171, Q439 and a variety
of Amtrak trains,
including the auto
train. |
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Gravity |
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Date: July 25-27, 2008
File Size: 40.1 MB |
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Sit back, crank it up
and enjoy Norfolk
Southern tackling the
Allegheny Mountains. |
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Lilly, PA |
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Date: July 27, 2008
File Size: 36.9 MB |
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Dawn on the west slope
of the Allegheny
Mountains at Lilly, PA. |
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Cresson, PA |
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Date: July 27, 2008
File Size: 33.6 MB |
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Norfolk Southern 82T is
the start of this
segment at Cresson, PA.
82T is a Powder River
coal train destined for
New Jersey. |
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Cassandra, PA |
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Date: July 27, 2008
File Size: 57.2 MB |
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Late morning at
Cassandra and Norfolk
Southern offers an
SD80MAC show. All
told, 15 of the 17
80MACs pass within
minutes. |
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Tyrone, PA |
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Date: July 26, 2008
File Size: 13.0 MB |
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A brief stop at Tyrone
yields a couple
westbound intermodals. |
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Tunnelhill, PA |
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Date: July 26, 2008
File Size: 19.6 MB |
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As the sun sets on
Tunnelhill, a parade of
eastbounds head down the
east slope. |
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Cresson, PA (The Station Inn) |
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Date: July 26, 2008
File Size: 10.4 MB |
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The stay at the Station
Inn was quite a treat.
Sit back on the front
porch and enjoy the
action. |
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Horseshoe Curve, PA |
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Date: July 26, 2008
File Size: 40.5 MB |
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World-famous Horseshoe
Curve is the setting for
machine against the
mountain and a perfect
meet, both on the front
and rear ends! |
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Altoona, PA |
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Date: July 26, 2008
File Size: 13.7 MB |
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Altoona is a shadow of
the railroad town it
once was when Pennsy ran
the show. The
railroad still runs, but
the players are quite
different these days. |
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Gallitzin, PA |
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Date: July 25, 2008
File Size: 42.1 MB |
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The Allegheny Tunnel, at
3,605 feet in length,
was completed in 1854.
After it was expanded to
two tracks in 1995, the
Gallitzin tunnel was
removed from service. |
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Cassandra, PA |
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Date: July 25, 2008
File Size: 68.9 MB |
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A steady parade of
Norfolk Southern
intermodal, coal and
general manifest
freights pass one of the
best train watching
locations in the world. |
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Two hours in two minutes |
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Date: July 27, 2008
File Size: 15.5 MB |
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Two hours of trains in
two minutes set to the
sounds of Flight of the
Bumblebee by Nikolai
Rimsky-Korsakov. |
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CSX K891-17 |
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Date: July 18, 2008
File Size: 25.7 MB |
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CSX empty sulfur train,
K891-17, is led by a
pair of Canadian
National locomotives, IC
2716 and CN 5329. The
train is seen coming
through downtown
Waynesboro, crossing the
South River, the
climbing the grade out
of Staunton at LaGrange. |
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Norfolk Southern 16T |
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Date: March 9, 2008
File Size: 16.0 MB |
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Norfolk Southern 16T
hustles northbound on
the Roanoke District at
Greenville, VA.
16T is led by Union
Pacific 7611, an ES44AC.
Trailing are
TFM 1634 and
KCS 3962,
both SD70MACs. |
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Heavy Traffic on NS Whitethorne |
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Date: March 8, 2008
File Size: 60.8 MB |
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With a curfew in effect
on the Christiansburg
District due to work on
the Pepper tunnel,
trains are stacked up on
the Whitethorne
District. Each
train meets another at
almost every siding.
Some trains wait over
two hours for their
chance to move. |
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NS Christiansburg District |
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Date: March 8, 2008
File Size: 24.3 MB |
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Traffic is light on
Norfolk Southern's
Christiansburg District
due to work on the
Pepper tunnel.
West of Roanoke, only
two trains came
eastbound. After
6:00 PM and sunset, the
flood gates opened and
seven trains ran west in
two hours. |
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NS Roanoke District |
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Date: October 21, 2007
File Size: 74.9 MB |
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Over six minutes of
footage of trains plying
Norfolk Southern's
Roanoke District.
The star of the show is
UP 7605 leading NS 16T
north through the
Shenandoah Valley. |
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Buckingham Branch Action |
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Date: October 21, 2007
File Size: 25.1 MB |
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Amtrak's east and
westbound Cardinals,
trains 51 and 50,
headline the action of
Buckingham Branch's
Richmond & Alleghany
Division. Look for
a couple trains tackle
Afton Mountain. |
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Work Train at Red Hill |
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Date: October 21, 2007
File Size: 11.2 MB |
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A short wait at Red Hill
on Norfolk Southern's
Washington District is
rewarded as NS 6777, an
ex-Conrail SD60M, leads
a work train southbound. |
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CSX North End Sub |
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Date: October 23, 2007
File Size: 37.4 MB |
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Some of CSX's hot
intermodal trains, Q171
and Q173, are part of
the action on an autumn
day south of Petersburg
on CSX's North End Sub.
A couple of Amtrak
trains and the juice
train make an appearance
too. |
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 |
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