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 [...]
Train Tuesdays Here’s a link to Norfolk Southern’s interactive holiday card. See Also: Why Kids Should Play with Model Trains Santa Trains While NS’s holiday card is nice, you have to really appreciate the railroads that run holiday trains. Canadian Pacific, BNSF, Kansas City Southern, and CSX ran holiday specials. Here’s a video of the [...]
Train Tuesdays Youth Interest in Historic Preservation Connor Fischer (8 years old) is trying to refurbish the old train station at Point of Rocks, Maryland: An 8-year-old train enthusiast came to Point of Rocks a few weeks ago to see one of the country’s most famous historic train stations. He left wondering why his new [...]