Railfanning Richmond and Petersburg, VA 5-8-24 Part 2 (feat. CSX SD70MACs, Amtrak 66, and more)

That's right, I also took a trip down to Petersburg in this video, particularly to chase CSX G777 south.

(0:00): Walking by AM Junction just before the Floodwall and the I-95 overpass.

(0:49): CSX G777 with the SD70MAC duo begins its trek south as it crosses the former SAL bridge over Dock Street.
SD70MACs 4564 and 4752
ES40DCs 5208 and 5379 (mid-DPUs)

(11:40): Amtrak P186 switches over to the Bellwood Sub at AM Junction to get to Main Street Station. This train will take the approximately 20 miles of the Bellwood Sub's old jointed rail before reaching Staples Mill Road Station, where the rest of its run will be on CSX's RF&P Sub and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
P42DC 137

(12:25): Some geese and some goslings.

(12:41): CSX Y110 (Fulton Yard pushers) head back to Fulton after escorting G777 to the connector. This was shot while driving Dock Street toward I-95. I had my fun downtown and felt like chasing the grain train.
AC4400CW 586
ES44AH 800

(13:03): Passing some horses and cows in the pasture when approaching Collier Yard. Fun fact: Horses can live to be more than 30 years old, so I bet the guys who have been coming here for decades have seen these same horses many times. Just like alligators can live up to 100 years, making it more likely for them to see you later.

(13:39): NS V62 passes under Collier Yard slower than a Bob Semple tank (a very weak tank built by New Zealand during WWII that had numerous design flaws and was never mass produced or used in combat; top speed was 15 MPH). The reason it's crawling is because it would have to wait at Crater for Amtrak P095 to pass.
ET44AC 3610
SD70ACC 1805 (ex-SD70 2533)

(18:53): Amtrak P095 switches onto the Norfolk Connector at B.X. with the Phase II heritage unit leading.
P42DC 130 (Phase II heritage)

(21:13): Passing the cows again.

(21:19): V62 gets underway again.

(23:17): CSX L227 can be seen switching deep into the yard, and CSX G777 comes south with the MAC duo. This train was going slower, because apparently with two DC units as DPUs, they weren't keeping up or something (it's worth nothing that these two GEVOs were leading another grain train, but these trains combined in Hinton). That's why DC power is obsolete to the railroads now. Once NS is finished rebuilding the Dash 9s, the DC GEVOs will be next. Then NS will have no more DC power except the SD40-2s and Geeps.

CSX L227
GP39-2 4319 (ex-D&H 7419/RDG 3419)
GP38-2 2519 (ex-SBD/SCL 519)

CSX G777
SD70MACs 4564 and 4752
ES40DCs 5208 and 5379 (mid-DPUs)

(32:23): Amtrak P091 races south with a horn-happy engineer! It was nice to see a pair of P42s since this train usually runs with Chargers now.
P42DCs 172 and 122

(33:10): NS 278 hurries under Vaughan Road while CSX L251 heads to International Paper around the corner. The timing of this meet was immaculate.
NS 278
ES44AC 8092
SD70ACe 1006
ES44AC 8069

CSX L251
SD40-3 4228 (ex-SD40-2 8827/CR 6430)

(35:58): NS 8?? passes by. This clip onwards were shot on my phone, as my camera was almost out of either battery or memory (don't remember which).
ES44DC 7632
AC44C6M 4487 (ex-C44-9W 9166)

(37:40: CSX L251 with the SD40-3 later returns as light power while NS 275 heads west.
AC44C6M 4672 (ex-C44-9W 9463)
ES44DC 7710
AC44C6M 4498 (I think; ex-C44-9W 9187)

(39:44): After Greg, Scott (CSX engineer), and I returned from dinner at Huddle House, we caught Amtrak P097 passing by (it was dark and mostly blocked by M300, which arrived while we were at dinner and stopped to work the yard).
Two ALC-42s

(40:10): CSX M409 passes by with a pair of unidentified GEVOs, concluding the evening. Also notice how one hopper on M300 has Winnie The Pooh graffiti.

(43:11): Slideshow.

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