Two Norfolk Southern Trains Meet at Belvoir, VA

"Norfolk Southern Locomotive 8862 leads intermodal east through Belvoir, VA"

(C) 2022, Allen Pearson Photography

My first railfanning trip was in November 2017. I had met a few other guys who enjoyed the hobby with one of them volunteering to show me a few places where I can watch trains in the local area.  

The trip answered quite a few questions with one of them being how come there are single tracks in some areas with two tracks in other. I'd never really given it much thought. One rail is considered the main line while the other is a siding. The siding is used to allow another train to pass through. 

At Belvoir, VA, this particular afternoon another train was waiting on a siding for Norfolk Southern locomotive 8862 to pass through the area. Once it did, the other train started. 

Please enjoy a few photos of the train taken as it passed. 

"Intermodal at Belvoir, VA"
(C) 2022, Allen Pearson Photography

And the train waiting, start's up and heads west.

"Norfolk Southern Locomotive 9590 starts Heading West, Belvoir, VA"
(C) Allen Pearson Photography

This train was a manifest that has always been my favorite to watch. I like the variety. Unlike an intermodal, which has car after car of containers, the manifest has a variety of hoppers, boxcars, tanker cars just to name a few. 

These are a few favorite photos of that train:

"Boxcars Rolling West Through Belvoir, VA"
(C) 2022, Allen Pearson Photography

"Boxcars with Manifest Heading West at Belvoir, VA"
(C) 2022, Allen Pearson Photography

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