Railfanning the former RF&P - Day 1

Hi, Friend Jim Kleeman and I decided to spend a couple of days on the former RF&P on April 11 and 12.

Our first stop was along Featherstone Road in Woodbridge, VA. There is a small park here and this view is available from the roadside. This is VRE #312, the final VRE morning train inbound to Washington, DC.

Relocating to Leetsylvania State Park in Neabsco, VA netted two northbounds; a regional train and the Auto Train (shown above).

Continuing south we caught Amtrak #90, the northbound Palmetto, at Brooke, VA.

Stopping at Fredericksburg, VA netted a number of trains including #89, the southbound Palmetto,

Amtrak #94, a northbound regional train and

a southbound CSX freight with trash containers on the head end.

At Jones Crossing, about a mile north of Woodford, VA we encountered CSX Q300 with Tropicana cars head out (above) and Amtrak #80, the northbound Carolinian.

Amtrak #95, a southbound regional train showed up at Doswell, VA.

A few minutes later a Buckingham Branch crew arrived and put their locomotive away.

Ashland, VA was our final stop of the day. Among the trains we photographed here were southbound Amtrak regional #125 (above and below) and

Amtrak's southbound Auto Train.

Thanks for looking.