Train Tuesdays
There are a couple of railfan events going on this coming week in the eastern United States.
2010 National Railroad Historic Society Convention
This year’s convention, entitled Endless Mountain Rails is taking place in Northeast Pennsylvania from June 22-26, 2010. The event is open to NRHS members.
2010 West Virginia Rail Fest
The 2010 West Virginia Rail [...]
Train Tuesdays
Earlier this year, The Low-Tech Times reported that Strasburg Railroad in Pennsylvania reeancted The Virginia Creeper Train out of Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
There’s another lesser known town named Strasburg located in Virginia. Strasburg, Virginia’s town council apparently does not lack creativity in coming up with ideas. They recently considered temporarily renaming the town Stephen [...]
Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia is a wonderful paradise for steam enthusiasts. I’d recommend visiting any time they are open, but they also have a railfan weekend each year featuring additional equipment and trains. This year the event took place in May.
Here’s a nice video posted by csk1022. The video resolution [...]
Train Tuesdays
A couple of news items pertaining to northern Virginia…
CSX Capacity Expansion
Over Memorial Day Weekend, CSX was scheduled to install a new bridge over the NS (Norfolk Southern) mainline in Alexandria, VA impacting VRE (Virginia Railway Express) service. The VRE website explains:
CSX has been working to install a third main line track between Alexandria [...]
Train Tuesdays
While N&W 611 is my favorite steam locomotive, I have fond memories of the big class A locomotive number 1218 pulling excursions through northern Virginia. Here’s a video clip from the Steam Train DVD showing 1218 through Clifton.
Here’s another spectacular clip, this one from Greg Scholl Productions. He makes a fine product. [...]
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