Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"Trains on the Norfolk Southern Virginia Division - Fall 201 Part 1" includes video coverage from the Hagerstown and Roanoke Districts (also know n as the "H-Line"), and the lines west of Roanoke, including the Christiansburg, Pulaski, and Whitethorne Districts. The videos were shot on October 10th, 2015. The locations in the video are shown on the maps at 0:55 and 1:02.
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0:40 - (Skip Intro)
0:55 - H-Line Map
1:02 - Roanoke Map
1:15 - (Skip Intro and Maps)
October 10, 2015
With some fall foliage starting to show, northbound intermodal 202 crosses the Compton trestle.
1:15 - 202 - Memphis, TN (Rossville) - Harrisburg, PA (Rutherford)
NS SD70 2576
NS D9-44CW 9820
NS SD70ACe 1129
201 rolls southbound through the ever scenic Solitude, VA on the Roanoke District...an eastbound CSX coal train can be heard on the opposite side of the river on the James River Sub.
3:00 - 201 - Harrisburg, PA (Rutherford) - Memphis, TN (Rossville)
NS D9-44CW 9975
NS ES44AC 8067
NS D9-40C 8852
29G climbs Christiansburg Grade, approaching Friendship Road, just west of Shawsville.
5:30 - 29G - Norfolk, VA - Detroit, MI (Sterling Heights)
NS D9-44CW 8890
NS SD9043MAC 7285
7:35 - 201 rolls under the CPL signal bridges at Radford.
Eastbound loaded rail train 911 passes the Pelton CPL's in the Cambria neighborhood of Christiansburg, and later entering the Whitethorne District at VN in Salem.
9:15 / 9:50 - 911 - NS System MoW
NS D9-44CW 9030
217 climbs the grade at the iconic angle at Shawsville, with the dreary weather obscuring most of the mountainous scenery.
11:30 - 217 - Charlotte, NC - Chicago, IL
NS D9-44CW 9952
NS SD60M 6791
NS ES44DC 7695
NS D9-44CW 9299
Mixed freight 189 pops out of the Montgomery Tunnel with new signal replacements on standby.
14:00 - 189 - Crewe, VA - Portsmouth, OH
NS ES44DC 7697
NS D9-44CW 9760
NS D9-44CW 8954
At sunset, a loaded coal eases down the grade on the Whitethorne District near the North Fork signal with a GE/EMD AC combo.
16:30 - 814 - Norton, VA - Norfolk, VA
NS ES44AC 8164
NS SD70ACe 1137
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"Trains on the Norfolk Southern Virginia Division - Fall 201 Part 1" includes video coverage from the Hagerstown and Roanoke Districts (also know n as the "H-Line"), and the lines west of Roanoke, including the Christiansburg, Pulaski, and Whitethorne Districts. The videos were shot on October 10th, 2015. The locations in the video are shown on the maps at 0:55 and 1:02.
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0:40 - (Skip Intro)
0:55 - H-Line Map
1:02 - Roanoke Map
1:15 - (Skip Intro and Maps)
October 10, 2015
With some fall foliage starting to show, northbound intermodal 202 crosses the Compton trestle.
1:15 - 202 - Memphis, TN (Rossville) - Harrisburg, PA (Rutherford)
NS SD70 2576
NS D9-44CW 9820
NS SD70ACe 1129
201 rolls southbound through the ever scenic Solitude, VA on the Roanoke District...an eastbound CSX coal train can be heard on the opposite side of the river on the James River Sub.
3:00 - 201 - Harrisburg, PA (Rutherford) - Memphis, TN (Rossville)
NS D9-44CW 9975
NS ES44AC 8067
NS D9-40C 8852
29G climbs Christiansburg Grade, approaching Friendship Road, just west of Shawsville.
5:30 - 29G - Norfolk, VA - Detroit, MI (Sterling Heights)
NS D9-44CW 8890
NS SD9043MAC 7285
7:35 - 201 rolls under the CPL signal bridges at Radford.
Eastbound loaded rail train 911 passes the Pelton CPL's in the Cambria neighborhood of Christiansburg, and later entering the Whitethorne District at VN in Salem.
9:15 / 9:50 - 911 - NS System MoW
NS D9-44CW 9030
217 climbs the grade at the iconic angle at Shawsville, with the dreary weather obscuring most of the mountainous scenery.
11:30 - 217 - Charlotte, NC - Chicago, IL
NS D9-44CW 9952
NS SD60M 6791
NS ES44DC 7695
NS D9-44CW 9299
Mixed freight 189 pops out of the Montgomery Tunnel with new signal replacements on standby.
14:00 - 189 - Crewe, VA - Portsmouth, OH
NS ES44DC 7697
NS D9-44CW 9760
NS D9-44CW 8954
At sunset, a loaded coal eases down the grade on the Whitethorne District near the North Fork signal with a GE/EMD AC combo.
16:30 - 814 - Norton, VA - Norfolk, VA
NS ES44AC 8164
NS SD70ACe 1137
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![Reading & Northern on the PRR Schuylkill Branch [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vvYhj72_ilk/mqdefault.jpg "Reading & Northern on the PRR Schuylkill Branch [4K]
On March 27, 2015, a train of 100 empty crude oil tank cars are bound for storage on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Schuylkill Branch between Reading and Hamburg, Pennsylvania. This was the first move of many made to store 100s of empty tank cars across the Reading & Northern system. With declining prices and demand for oil, the once busy method of shipping crude by rail between 2012-2014 has significantly dwindled. Many of these rail cars were built between 2011-2014 and have seen very few mileage, but with a lack of demand for crude by rail, thousands of these tank cars sit idle across the country, for how long? Who knows...
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The power for the train, symbol PNTE (Port Clinton - Temple) had power on both end of the trains, with RBMN SD50M 5049 and GP39RN 2530 pulling the train down from Port Clinton to the Norfolk Southern interchange and BELT (Belt Line Junction) just north of the city of Reading, and RBMN SW8M 802 on the rear for the shove north toward Hamburg, which is the present day terminus of the branch and home to the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society museum and preserved railroad equipment, some of which you see scattered along the branch in this video.
The PRR Schuylkill Branch used to be a line that paralleled the Reading Railroad from Philadelphia to Delano Junction, but is now split into segments with the abandonment of most of the line. This segment runs between Laurel Junction in Temple, PA to Hamburg, PA. This section of track has not seen revenue service in many decades, and the days of the Blue Mountain & Reading steam have come and gone two decades ago. Therefore, seeing a train on the PRR side of the Schuylkill River is incredibly rare, especially on the full extent of the branch.
Hopper cars had been stored on this line in the past, but rarely north of GLEN, which is where the switch to the Glen-Gery Brick Plant and old Pennsylvania Railroad Signal bridge sit derelict. This was the first of such rare mileage empty oil can moves made, and was perhaps the first revenue freight train to run above Shoemakersville in over two decades!
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