Amtrak's Virginia Service: Washington to Newport News/Norfolk

Railfanning for Amtrak trains at all Amtrak stations from Washington to Newport News and Norfolk. All stations are openly accessible aside from Washington where I was able to only briefly film the electric engine swap to diesel on the platform, and Richmond Stapes Mill where you can only stay behind a fence unless you're boarding. I was also able to film the Auto Train arrive, disassemble and unload at Lorton to the best of my ability without being in any of the restricted areas. Quantico is inaccessible without military clearance. Richmond Main Street Station had some neat architecture!

Below is a breakdown of the video including the trains filmed at each location:

0:00 Washington, DC: Northeast Regional

4:00 Alexandria: Northeast Regional, Metro subway, VRE, Silver Star and CSX

20:15 Lorton: VRE, CSX, Northeast Regional and Auto Train (meant to say groups of 5 for the disassembly process)

38:28 Woodbridge: Northeast Regional, a maintenance truck and VRE

*Quantico is a restricted military base

40:18 Fredericksburg: Palmetto with rear window car

40:52 Ashland: Silver Star, Northeast Regional, CSX and Carolinian

46:53 Richmond - Staples Mill Road Station: Northeast Regional and parked CSX

50:41 Richmond - Main Street Station: CSX, CSX light engine move and Northeast Regional

55:16 Williamsburg: Northeast Regional and CSX

59:17 Newport News: CSX, Northeast Regional and maintenance equipment

1:07:17 Petersburg: Northeast Regional (featuring a gifted cap from the engineer) and Auto Train

1:10:32 Norfolk: Northeast Regional and drawbridge

Video Rating: PG-13 for some graffiti