Buckingham Branch Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad operating over 275 miles of historic and strategic trackage in Central Virginia. Sharing overhead traffic with CSX and Amtrak, the company
An ex-C&O bridge, owned by the BB railroad in New Canton, Virginia
BB 2, an EMD GP16, getting a new coat of paint at Dillwyn, Virginia.
BBRR 4, an RS-4-TC, with a new coat of paint at Dillwyn, Virginia.
BB 7, an EMD GP40, heading east at Louisa, Virginia.
The Cardinal is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York Penn Station and Chicago Union Station via Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Charlottesville, Charleston, Huntington,
Buckingham Branch Railroad
…sometimes as many as eight a day. Train crews must contend with this fact by continually dodging CSX westbounds, as well as Amtrak's thrice-weekly Cardinal by going into the various sidings along the lines. This new section of the expanded Buckingham Branch was dispatched by CSX from Jacksonville, Florida…
The eastbound Cardinal in Prince, West Virginia
The former station in Muncie, Indiana, before the realignment via Indianapolis