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Orange, Virginia

Providing coverage on Norfolk Southern's Washington District between Bealeton and Barboursville, Virginia. Coverage also provided for Buckingham Branch Railroad's Orange Division, western end of the Piedmont Division, and eastern end of the North Mountain Subdivision.

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Amtrak Engine 15 heads north past old Orange, VA station, now a community building. The unoccupied track nearest the station is the ex-C&O lead (now Buckingham Branch)

Amtrak passes old Orange VA station

Orange, Virginia is located near milepost 85 on Norfolk Southern's Washington District, between Culpeper and Charottesville, and marks the beginning of Buckingham Branch's Orange Subdivision that extends to Gordaonsville. Norfolk Southern hosts several general merchandise and intermodal trains, along with Amtrak's Crescent and Lynchburg Regional each day. Amtrak's Cardinal enters the Buckgham Branch railroad from NS's Washington District at Orange thrice weekly. (Click on the train's name for its schedule).

Channels Currently Scanned on the Orange Feed

Norfolk Southern Washington District:

AAR Channel 56: 160.950 - CH 1, road and Washington Disaptcher (Greenville, SC)

AAR Channel 9: 160.245 - CH 2, dispatcher to train

AAR Channel 48: 160.830 - CH 2, train to dispatcher

Trackside Analyzers:

MP 91.5 - Somerset

MP 79.2 - Rapidan

MP 64.4 - Inlet

MP 52.7 - Bealeton

Norfolk Southern Heritage 8099 painted in Southern green commemorates a trip on home rails south on the Ex-Southern mainline.

NS 8099 Southern Heritage Unit leads a hot-shot intermodal along the Ex-Southern Mainline

Buckingham Branch Railroad Orange, Piedmont, and North Mountain Subdivisions:

AAR Channel 23: 160.455 - road and dispatcher

AAR Channle 40: 160.710 - yard

CSX Engine 350 passes the old C&O G-Tower in Gordonsville, VA journeying westbound on the Buckingham Branch mainline with empty coal hoppers. The Orange Subdivision is the unoccupied track in the foreground.

Westbound CSX passes old C&O G-Tower on the Buckingham Branch Mainline

Timetable of Area Covered:

S O U T H B O U N D \/	Milepost	Station	Description	/\ N O R T H B O U N D
			North toward Manassas and B-Line
	64.4	Inlet	Defect Detector
		Mountain Run	North End Double Track
		Winston	South End Double Track
		Mitchell
		Buena
		Old Rapidan
	79.2	Rapidan	Defect Detector / North End Double Track
		Larmont
		Orange	South End Double Track / Lead track to Buckingham Branch
		Montpelier
		May
	91.5	Weyburn	Defect Detector / North End Double Track
			South toward Charlottesville and Lynchburg

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