BNSF on the Chesapeake Western

NS grain train #52N, operating as Virginia Division local #V92, has BNSF (ATSF) D9-44CW #612 as a leader. The unit was paired up with two NS D9-40CW's and an NS SD60 for the turbulent terrain between Elkton and Harrisonburg, VA.

© 2009 David Hawkins

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• Norfolk
• Southern
• 52N
• V92
• Chesapeake
• Western
• grain
• train
• BNSF
• ATSF
• 612
• D9-44CW
• Harrisonburg
• Virginia
• Shenandoah
• Valley
• Division

[sportsmovieman]

Yay you filmed near my school! I can see B-Dubs in the shot! SO FAVORITED!

[KI4NAK]

The Warsaw Avenue parking deck makes for a great vantage point!

[FlyBikes089]

There both CW40-9 was helper on NS 52N?

[KI4NAK]

There was a CW40-9 trailing the ATSF unit, plus an SD60/CW40-9 combo on the other end as pushers.

[rsynth75]

@meccaturbo The Chesapeake Western still exist as a seperate company. They maintain an office in Harrisonburg, VA, and the trains are dispatched here instead of Roanoke. From what I read online, the train crews are non-union. read here

[sportsmovieman]

That is correct.

[Shield1751]

I don't know a lot about the CW...this summer was first time I have ever been to that part of virginia. But since I have relatives down there...I imagine I will make a few trips down there...maybe even to railfan. Hey, The slavery thing is what it is.....

[meccaturbo]

@Shield1751, that's cool, although the slave thing is extremely uncool. So what's the deal with the Chesapeake Western? Weren't they independent and taken over by the N&W before the NS merger?

[Shield1751]

LOL..actually...all of our ancestors are the dinosaurs. now arent they? Really...my homeland is McGaheyville....My great grandfather was a slave on a plantation there, right behind the Wyeth Factory....hence the ancestral homeland thing.

[meccaturbo]

@Shield1751 - ancestral hometown? Are your relatives the dinosaurs??

[sportsmovieman]

Wouldn't be able to tell you... yeah maybe it becomes a ghost town here over the summer.

BTW I saw a train come through today it was a mixed freight boxcars in front with agriculture cars sandwiched by one tanker.

Anybody know whats the max speed limit for trains using the Chesapeake Western?

[Shield1751]

WOW...nice shots in Hburg. I was just there in Late July and and early August...It's my ancestral hometown....I didn't see ONE train in 4 days. Didn't hear a horn blow...whats up with that?

[sp8192]

Awesome angle on that 3rd shot!

[BNSF9250]

i saw that warbonnet 612 just this evining it was beautiful