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Viewing Album:  Buckingham Branch Railroad
 
By:William Grimes
Dates:8/21/1991 - 5/10/2008
Album Info:The Buckingham Branch Railroad (BB) started in 1989 in Buckingham County with 17.3 miles from Dillwyn to Bremo. The BB also operaters CSX's Mountain, Washington, and Piedmont subdivisions under a 20-year lease starting in December 2004. All pictures in this album are from the Buckingham Division.
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Buckingham Branch Railroad
Title:  Buckingham Branch Railroad
Description:  BBRR 3 GP16 unloading salt hoppers.
Photo Date:  2/4/2004  Upload Date: 7/1/2004 5:07:08 PM
Location:  Alpha, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 3(GP16)
Views:  1381   Comments: 0
Buckingham Branch Railroad
Title:  Buckingham Branch Railroad
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/4/2004  Upload Date: 7/1/2004 5:58:03 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 2(GP16)
Views:  1518   Comments: 0
Buckingham Branch Railroad
Title:  Buckingham Branch Railroad
Description:  BBRR GP16 Interchanging w/ CSX
Photo Date:  2/4/2004  Upload Date: 7/1/2004 5:14:38 PM
Location:  New Canton, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories:  Scenic,Winter
Locomotives:  BB 2(GP16)
Views:  1267   Comments: 0
Buckingham Branch Railroad
Title:  Buckingham Branch Railroad
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/2004  Upload Date: 7/1/2004 6:37:25 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 3(GP16)
Views:  1440   Comments: 0
BBRR
Title:  BBRR
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/16/2004  Upload Date: 8/16/2004 6:57:50 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 3(GP16)
Views:  1278   Comments: 2
BB 1
Title:  BB 1
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/16/2004  Upload Date: 8/16/2004 7:38:49 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 1(GP7)
Views:  925   Comments: 0
BB 3 running Z710
Title:  BB 3 running Z710
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/16/2004  Upload Date: 8/16/2004 7:01:40 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 3(GP16)
Views:  1171   Comments: 0
BB 3 running Z710
Title:  BB 3 running Z710
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/16/2004  Upload Date: 8/16/2004 7:07:44 PM
Location:  Newton, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 3(GP16)
Views:  1236   Comments: 0
Salt switching
Title:  Salt switching
Description:  Former DLAG (Defence Logistic Agency) of Richmond
Photo Date:  7/16/2004  Upload Date: 8/16/2004 7:09:42 PM
Location:  Alpha, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 4(RS-4-TC)
Views:  1332   Comments: 0
Switching
Title:  Switching
Description:  Switching the Arvonia track, where the depot once stood, but not in the Buckingham Branch's time.
Photo Date:  7/16/2004  Upload Date: 8/16/2004 7:10:33 PM
Location:  Arvonia, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 3(GP16)
Views:  988   Comments: 0
BB 3 sanded and ready for new paint
Title:  BB 3 sanded and ready for new paint
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2004  Upload Date: 10/21/2004 5:46:40 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 3(GP16)
Views:  1114   Comments: 1
ATSF 303516
Title:  ATSF 303516
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/19/2004  Upload Date: 12/19/2004 11:01:56 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  ERIC ERHOLM
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  388   Comments: 0
NREX 1005
Title:  NREX 1005
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2005  Upload Date: 11/29/2005 10:54:39 PM
Location:  Vernon, TX
Author:  Brian Tindle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NREX 1005(GP10)
Views:  914   Comments: 0
Conductor Scott throws the Seay House Siding switch
Title:  Conductor Scott throws the Seay House Siding switch
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2005  Upload Date: 10/16/2005 3:57:21 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  462   Comments: 0
Coming up to the Emerson Siding
Title:  Coming up to the Emerson Siding
Description:  It is about 0800 hrs as the locomotive pulls out of Seay House siding with todays train.
Photo Date:  10/15/2005  Upload Date: 10/16/2005 3:58:06 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 1(GP7)
Views:  709   Comments: 0
Box Cars for the Mullite Industry
Title:  Box Cars for the Mullite Industry
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2005  Upload Date: 11/6/2005 9:18:44 PM
Location:  Newton, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  506   Comments: 0
BB 222
Title:  BB 222
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2005  Upload Date: 10/16/2005 4:16:38 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  408   Comments: 0
BB 1
Title:  BB 1
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2005  Upload Date: 10/16/2005 4:17:20 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 1(GP7)
Views:  728   Comments: 0
Confederate army cargo on display
Title:  Confederate army cargo on display
Description:  This former Army (now owned by the Defense Logistics Agency and used in Buckingham Branch MOW Service) Magor Flat Car was parked outside the depot with some civil war relics on display. Todays train ride includes a civil war battle.
Photo Date:  10/15/2005  Upload Date: 10/16/2005 4:18:44 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  592   Comments: 0
Ex-DLA 54344
Title:  Ex-DLA 54344
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2005  Upload Date: 10/16/2005 4:19:21 PM
Location:  Alpha, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 4(RS-4-TC)
Views:  783   Comments: 0
BB 1257
Title:  BB 1257
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2005  Upload Date: 10/16/2005 4:19:55 PM
Location:  Arvonia, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  584   Comments: 0
BB 1508
Title:  BB 1508
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2005  Upload Date: 10/16/2005 4:20:27 PM
Location:  Arvonia, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  590   Comments: 0
BB 1
Title:  BB 1
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/2005  Upload Date: 10/16/2005 4:20:08 PM
Location:  Arvonia, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 1(GP7)
Views:  839   Comments: 0
Buckingham Branch 4 "The General" sports a new coat of paint
Title:  Buckingham Branch 4 "The General" sports a new coat of paint
Description:  With a fresh coat of paint "The General" is already shut down for the day on the Dillwyn team track outside the depot. This engine was bought from the Defense Logistic Agency back when the Buckingham Branch operated the Shenandoah Valley Railroad. Today it sees use on the Buckingham Division switching hoppers at Luck Stone and the Westvaco wood chip mill in Alpha.
Photo Date:  8/3/2007  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 6:48:44 AM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 4(RS-4-TC)
Views:  1205   Comments: 0
ODCX 101 ready to run Monday's train out of White Yard
Title:  ODCX 101 ready to run Monday's train out of White Yard
Description:  The brown is primer, BB 1 (background) has just got a new coat of paint and the 101 is next.
Photo Date:  8/3/2007  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 6:49:29 AM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ODCX 101(GP7)
Views:  684   Comments: 0
Maintenance shop
Title:  Maintenance shop
Description:  This boxcar and a shed house the maintenance equipment and tools for the BB in Dillwyn. I like how in stead of using stones for ballast here in Dillwyn the Buckingham Branch uses slate!
Photo Date:  8/3/2007  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 6:50:10 AM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  534   Comments: 0
The "Pete Peters" in Westvaco Yard
Title:  The "Pete Peters" in Westvaco Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 5/10/2008 3:42:07 PM
Location:  Alpha, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 1(GP7)
Views:  842   Comments: 0
Boxcar
Title:  Boxcar
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2008  Upload Date: 3/22/2024 11:14:44 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Westvaco Yard
Title:  Westvaco Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/10/2008  Upload Date: 5/10/2008 3:40:24 PM
Location:  Alpha, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  525   Comments: 0
BB 1 in Westvaco Yard
Title:  BB 1 in Westvaco Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/10/2008  Upload Date: 5/10/2008 3:41:54 PM
Location:  Alpha, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 1(GP7)
Views:  643   Comments: 1
Z710 Passing Seay House Siding
Title:  Z710 Passing Seay House Siding
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2013  Upload Date: 3/22/2024 11:13:52 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 1(GP7)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
Buckingham Branch 1
Title:  Buckingham Branch 1
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/2013  Upload Date: 3/22/2024 11:04:47 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 1(GP7)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
BB Z710
Title:  BB Z710
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 3/22/2024 11:12:37 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 16(GP38-2)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
Buckingham Branch Z710 with engine 16
Title:  Buckingham Branch Z710 with engine 16
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 3/22/2024 11:11:34 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 16(GP38-2)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
BB 65275
Title:  BB 65275
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 3/22/2024 11:16:36 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  73   Comments: 0
BB 65278
Title:  BB 65278
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 3/22/2024 11:16:59 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  78   Comments: 0
New power for Z710
Title:  New power for Z710
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/6/2018 11:04:45 AM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 16(GP38-2)
Views:  738   Comments: 0
Tied down in the Mullite Track
Title:  Tied down in the Mullite Track
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/6/2018 11:05:14 AM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ODCX 101(GP7)
Views:  459351   Comments: 0
Westvaco Chipcars
Title:  Westvaco Chipcars
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 3/22/2024 11:16:01 PM
Location:  Alpha, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Owner Robert E. Bryant
Title:  Owner Robert E. Bryant
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/10/2008  Upload Date: 5/10/2008 3:46:23 PM
Location:  Dillwyn, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BB 4(RS-4-TC)
Views:  793   Comments: 0

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