25-05-24 PHOTOS: Holly Hill

One of my perennial signaling missions has been trips to tidewater Virginia to get photos of legacy Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac signals that has so far survived CSX re-signaling efforts. The ones that remain are far off the beaten path, requiring mile plus walk-ins.  For 2025 my target was the "Holly Hill" location which is two miles in the opposite direction from the "Rixley" location I visited in 2024. Both were actually served by the same state game land parking lot. After the signal outing I drove up to Fredericksburg for a retail shopping and brewery tour catching additional Amtrak and CSX trains along the way. You can find the full set of photos here.

First to appear was a southbound CSX manifest freight with ES44AC #743 leading and AC4400 #541 in the trailing DPU position.

Next up was Amtrak Regional Train 194 with P42DC #44 leading, briefly illuminating the Holly Hill signals while still in the block.

RF&P vintage milepost 40 and whistle board.

At Lansdowne Road I managed to catch southbound Carolinian Train 79 behind ALC-42 #335.

This was followed by a southbound CSX coal train with ET44AC #3284 and ES44AC #3157.

I just barely managed to catch the tail end of the coal train meeting northwestbound Flordian Train 40 with P42DC #175 and ALC-42 #351.

Here is a little video cut of these previous three trains.

 

 

Last train of the day was Newport News Regional Train 158 with P42DC #18 at FB tower just south of Fredericksburg. 

While passing the downtown Fredericksburg station I noticed that the railroad logo banner over Princess Anne St had been replaced.

That's all for now. Check back next week as I head down to Delaware to scout the photo locations around RUTHBY interlocking.