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N&W caboose
Title:  N&W caboose
Description:  A fantrip on the N&W Shenandoah line through Front Royal netted this car.
Photo Date:  7/15/1983  Upload Date: 11/16/2013 4:18:14 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  358   Comments: 0
Northbound NW
Title:  Northbound NW
Description:  Riverton Jct VA about to cross SR valley branch
Photo Date:  8/14/1984  Upload Date: 6/3/2017 9:48:51 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Ray Soderberg
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  230   Comments: 1
Work train
Title:  Work train
Description:  A pass by the NW yard in Front Royal found this work train with a newer SD40-2
Photo Date:  1/15/1985  Upload Date: 9/24/2014 11:25:34 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NW 6202(SD40-2)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
4501 In Front Royal
Title:  4501 In Front Royal
Description:  Reloading with coal before heading South to Roanoke
Photo Date:  5/15/1985  Upload Date: 10/29/2010 9:18:43 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Dave Johnson
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  155   Comments: 0
Southern Railway 2-8-2 4501
Title:  Southern Railway 2-8-2 4501
Description:  Southern Railway 2-8-2 Mikako 4501 lays over at Front Royal, VA. Built by Baldwin in 1911.
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 10:25:05 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Andrew Lisowski
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 4501(2-8-2)
Views:  321   Comments: 0
Southern Railway 2-8-2 4501
Title:  Southern Railway 2-8-2 4501
Description:  Southern Railway 2-8-2 Mikako 4501 lays over at Front Royal, VA. Built by Baldwin in 1911.
Photo Date:  5/18/1985  Upload Date: 7/7/2018 10:27:48 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Andrew Lisowski
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 4501(2-8-2)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
SOU 4501
Title:  SOU 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/1985  Upload Date: 1/10/2025 1:28:54 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Patrick Brown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 4501(2-8-2)
Views:  33   Comments: 0
SOU 4501
Title:  SOU 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/1985  Upload Date: 1/10/2025 1:29:17 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Patrick Brown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 4501(2-8-2)
Views:  27   Comments: 0
SOU 4501
Title:  SOU 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/1985  Upload Date: 1/10/2025 1:29:47 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Patrick Brown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 4501(2-8-2)
Views:  22   Comments: 0
SOU 4501 (Cab)
Title:  SOU 4501 (Cab)
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/1985  Upload Date: 1/10/2025 1:30:20 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Patrick Brown
Categories:  InCab,Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 4501(2-8-2)
Views:  30   Comments: 0
SOU 4501
Title:  SOU 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/1985  Upload Date: 1/10/2025 1:32:15 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Patrick Brown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 4501(2-8-2)
Views:  23   Comments: 0
SOU 4501
Title:  SOU 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/1985  Upload Date: 1/10/2025 1:32:47 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Patrick Brown
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 4501(2-8-2)
Views:  27   Comments: 0
Cab shot
Title:  Cab shot
Description:  A side view of the cab on NW 1218. Note the fireman in the gangway. Hell be monitoring the water shortly as the tender is filled with!the assistance of the local fire department.
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 5/18/2015 3:02:01 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  727   Comments: 1
Nose on
Title:  Nose on
Description:  A head on look at NS 1218 during its service stop at Front Royal
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 5/18/2015 3:05:46 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  401   Comments: 1
Checking it out
Title:  Checking it out
Description:  A group of fans look over NW 1218 during its service stop in Front Royal.
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 5/18/2015 3:11:45 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  256   Comments: 1
This is how you do it
Title:  This is how you do it
Description:  In the gays of regular passenger service, watering a train was not a big deal, as most terminal stations, and some along the way, had facilities to do it. Now into the second decade/of the Amtrak era, such facilities are hard to come by, so trip operators have to coem up with solutions. For any kind of steam trip, it usually means assistance from the local fire department, which has the equipment to pump a lot of water quickly, such as we see here. The Front Royal fire trucks are connected to the train, and will have it completely watered in fairly short order.
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 5/18/2015 3:15:50 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  266   Comments: 1
Strasburg train with classic power
Title:  Strasburg train with classic power
Description:  A four unit set of Southern units, all hi hood, rolls off the Shenandoah River bridge at Front Roya with 17 cars of the Strasburg Local, now on the return trip to Manassas.
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 5/18/2015 2:19:41 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 2682(GP35) SOU 2633(GP30) SOU 2674(GP35) SOU 5055(GP38-2)
Views:  563   Comments: 0
Strasburg caboose
Title:  Strasburg caboose
Description:  This Southern car was trailing the Strasburg Local at Front Royal. Cabooses were typical on locals at this time, though Virginia required them on all trains.
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 5/18/2015 2:41:13 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  124   Comments: 0
Main line van
Title:  Main line van
Description:  Virginia required cabooses on trains, so every train in the state had one. The railroads were not so keen on this, now that EOT technology had become cost effective and practical. The fans liked it, as we got to see this vestige of another era for a while longer. This train on the Southern main arriving at Pot Yard had this Southern car trailing. Look at the gons full of phone poles. Classic southern load.
Photo Date:  7/25/1987  Upload Date: 5/18/2015 2:44:17 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
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Views:  120   Comments: 0
Heads: NS 5054
Title:  Heads: NS 5054
Description:  By Esther Fairchild: On the line between Manassas and Strasburg, Virginia, NS 5054 threads its train through the Blue Ridge foothills on a hot day in August, 1987 (date approx). Esther says: "Looking at this picture even now, I can still smell the gunk [creosote] on those new railroad ties."
Photo Date:  8/1/1987  Upload Date: 9/21/2011 6:18:53 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Esther Fairchild
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5054(GP38-2)
Views:  446   Comments: 0
Tails: NS 5054
Title:  Tails: NS 5054
Description:  By Esther Fairchild: The open door of Southern Railway caboose X650 affords little relief from the August heat as it follows NS 5054 and its train through the foothills of the Blue Ridge in Warren County, Virginia, Summer 1987 (date approx).
Photo Date:  8/1/1987  Upload Date: 9/21/2011 6:20:40 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Esther Fairchild
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  197   Comments: 0
Local at the station
Title:  Local at the station
Description:  A set of power for the local that works out of Front Royal sits by the station on a Saturday.
Photo Date:  4/23/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 3:36:18 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station
Locomotives:  NS 4134(GP38AC) SOU 4009(B23-7)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
Common signal then
Title:  Common signal then
Description:  Hard to find now. The local power sits adjacent to the main, which is protected by one of NWs classic position light signals.
Photo Date:  4/23/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 3:49:30 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Signal
Locomotives:  NS 4134(GP38AC) SOU 4009(B23-7)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
Run-by
Title:  Run-by
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1990  Upload Date: 3/1/2010 5:56:17 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  G. Thomas Wyatt
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  483   Comments: 0
NS 3529
Title:  NS 3529
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1991  Upload Date: 1/23/2022 11:56:56 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Lee Herbert
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3529(B32-8)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
N&W 1218 leads this 1991 excursion through Dismal Hollow
Title:  N&W 1218 leads this 1991 excursion through Dismal Hollow
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/29/1991  Upload Date: 2/24/2016 3:27:55 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Thom Horvath
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
N&W J-611 Memories
Title:  N&W J-611 Memories
Description:  These were some of my very first shots as a railfan. My Grandfather & I were excursion Junkies. Chasing & riding the Southern Steam Program whenever we could! Nows when I wish I would have cared for my photos better! LOL
Photo Date:  5/3/1992  Upload Date: 12/6/2004 10:39:55 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Jason Breakiron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  746   Comments: 0
Norfolk Southern GP59 4613
Title:  Norfolk Southern GP59 4613
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/16/1993  Upload Date: 10/22/2019 3:16:51 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Andrew Lisowski
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 4613(GP59)
Views:  365   Comments: 1
Norfolk & Western Ballast Hopper
Title:  Norfolk & Western Ballast Hopper
Description:  Norfolk & Western ballast hopper 544227 MW.
Photo Date:  5/16/1993  Upload Date: 10/22/2019 3:18:34 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Andrew Lisowski
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  293   Comments: 0
Front Royal Station
Title:  Front Royal Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/21/1994  Upload Date: 5/8/2015 11:04:05 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  160   Comments: 0
N&W
Title:  N&W
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/1994  Upload Date: 2/14/2010 10:49:19 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
N&W 611
Title:  N&W 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/17/1994  Upload Date: 2/10/2010 12:11:36 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
NS 8846 Leads at Riverton Junction
Title:  NS 8846 Leads at Riverton Junction
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2003  Upload Date: 11/4/2004 2:13:35 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Jason Breakiron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8846(C40-9)
Views:  933   Comments: 0
Restored Depot
Title:  Restored Depot
Description:  This depot now serves as the Front Royal Visitor's Center
Photo Date:  5/10/2004  Upload Date: 5/10/2004 9:34:51 AM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Jon Huemmer
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  253   Comments: 0
Crossing the Shenandoah River
Title:  Crossing the Shenandoah River
Description:  Southbound at Riverton Jct, headed for the B Line.
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:16:31 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8329(C40-8W)
Views:  623   Comments: 0
Riverton Jct
Title:  Riverton Jct
Description:  They creep through here nice and slow!
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:16:35 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8329(C40-8W) NS 8900(C40-9W) NS 2613(SD70M)
Views:  1155   Comments: 0
NS 8329
Title:  NS 8329
Description:  Really cheap crossbucks.
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:16:37 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8329(C40-8W) NS 8900(C40-9W) NS 2613(SD70M)
Views:  1124   Comments: 0
Passing a string of ballast hoppers
Title:  Passing a string of ballast hoppers
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:16:39 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8329(C40-8W)
Views:  570   Comments: 0
Begin Track Warrant Control
Title:  Begin Track Warrant Control
Description:  First white uni-brow I've seen close up. Looks goofy.
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:16:41 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2613(SD70M) NS 8900(C40-9W) NS 8329(C40-8W)
Views:  1399   Comments: 0
WC 7551
Title:  WC 7551
Description:  My first Wisconsin Central, what a setting.
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:16:42 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7551(SD45)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
WC 7551
Title:  WC 7551
Description:  Wish the nose herald wasn't faded out.
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:16:44 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7551(SD45) NS 8758(C40-8)
Views:  733   Comments: 2
WC 7551
Title:  WC 7551
Description:  South with a TOFC and Double Stack Combo.
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:16:46 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7551(SD45)
Views:  503   Comments: 0
WC 7551
Title:  WC 7551
Description:  Riverton Jct
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:16:48 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7551(SD45) NS 8756(C40-8)
Views:  781   Comments: 0
NICE
Title:  NICE
Description:  I know the SD 45's were always troublesome but I sure liked the looks of that flared radiator grill.
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:16:51 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7551(SD45)
Views:  574   Comments: 0
Riverton Jct
Title:  Riverton Jct
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:16:52 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7551(SD45)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
Riverton Jct
Title:  Riverton Jct
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:16:53 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7551(SD45)
Views:  487   Comments: 1
WC 7551
Title:  WC 7551
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:16:54 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7551(SD45) NS 8758(C40-8)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
WC 7551
Title:  WC 7551
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:16:55 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7551(SD45) NS 8758(C40-8)
Views:  622   Comments: 0
WC 7551
Title:  WC 7551
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/2005  Upload Date: 4/12/2005 10:17:00 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7551(SD45) NS 8758(C40-8)
Views:  602   Comments: 0
Southern Railway Station
Title:  Southern Railway Station
Description:  The station stood at the head of a wye track leading from Front Royal Junction. Adaptive reuse as the Front Royal Visitor Center.
Photo Date:  7/17/2005  Upload Date: 12/23/2021 11:58:56 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  Andrew Lisowski
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  94   Comments: 0

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