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Viewing Album:  Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line
 
By:William Grimes
Dates:12/10/2005 - 1/15/2008
Album Info:The Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line (AAR reporting mark NPBL) is a belt line railroad that has been operating in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake, Virginia, since 1898. The NPBL is owned fifty-seven percent by Norfolk Southern Railway and forty-three percent by CSX Transportation. The Belt Line interchanges with; Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad, CSX Transportation, Bay Coast Railroad (formerly the Eastern Shore Railroad), and Norfolk Southern. The Belt Line is a terminal switching company that owns 36 miles of track, (plus 27 miles of trackage rights) and links commerce around the deepwater port from Sewells Point to Portsmouth Marine Terminal and including the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River.
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NPBL 1442
Title:  NPBL 1442
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/11/2006  Upload Date: 10/3/2008 9:47:44 PM
Location:  Berkley, VA
Author:  William Grimes
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Locomotives:  NPBL 1442(GP15-1)
Views:  715   Comments: 1
NPBL 1400
Title:  NPBL 1400
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/11/2006  Upload Date: 3/11/2006 5:15:25 PM
Location:  Chesapeake, VA
Author:  William Grimes
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Locomotives:  NPBL 1400(GP15-1)
Views:  1258   Comments: 0
NPBL 1442
Title:  NPBL 1442
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/11/2006  Upload Date: 3/11/2006 5:15:45 PM
Location:  Chesapeake, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NPBL 1442(GP15-1)
Views:  797   Comments: 0
NPBL 2365 switching Norfolk International Terminals
Title:  NPBL 2365 switching Norfolk International Terminals
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2006  Upload Date: 6/4/2006 5:47:42 PM
Location:  Lochhaven, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NPBL 2365(MP15DC)
Views:  956   Comments: 0
NPBL 1402
Title:  NPBL 1402
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/22/2006  Upload Date: 12/22/2006 6:17:38 PM
Location:  Berkley, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NPBL 1402(GP15-1)
Views:  911   Comments: 0
NPBL 5011
Title:  NPBL 5011
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/3/2007  Upload Date: 3/4/2007 2:15:10 PM
Location:  South Norfolk, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NPBL 5011(GP38-2)
Views:  750   Comments: 0
NPBL 5008 switching Berkley Yard
Title:  NPBL 5008 switching Berkley Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/3/2007  Upload Date: 3/4/2007 2:18:05 PM
Location:  South Norfolk, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NPBL 5008(GP38-2)
Views:  870   Comments: 1
NPBL 5008
Title:  NPBL 5008
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/3/2007  Upload Date: 3/4/2007 2:15:46 PM
Location:  Berkley, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NPBL 5008(GP38-2)
Views:  733   Comments: 0
NPBL 2369 switching the Norfolk International Terminals
Title:  NPBL 2369 switching the Norfolk International Terminals
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/22/2007  Upload Date: 4/22/2007 5:50:47 PM
Location:  Lochhaven, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NPBL 2369(MP15DC)
Views:  900   Comments: 0
NPBL 2428
Title:  NPBL 2428
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/11/2007  Upload Date: 6/11/2007 2:50:23 PM
Location:  Berkley, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NPBL 2428(MP15DC)
Views:  788   Comments: 1
The last train to switch the Norfolk Ford Plant
Title:  The last train to switch the Norfolk Ford Plant
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/27/2007  Upload Date: 6/27/2007 12:55:27 PM
Location:  Campostella (subdivi, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NPBL 2414(MP15DC)
Views:  1359   Comments: 1
Norfolk International Terminals
Title:  Norfolk International Terminals
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/24/2007  Upload Date: 12/24/2007 1:18:41 PM
Location:  Lochhaven, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  405   Comments: 0
NPBL 2428
Title:  NPBL 2428
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/2008  Upload Date: 3/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Berkley, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NPBL 2428(MP15DC)
Views:  746   Comments: 1
N&PBL working the yard
Title:  N&PBL working the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/2008  Upload Date: 3/1/2008 4:55:33 PM
Location:  Lamberts Point, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NPBL 5011(GP38-2)
Views:  7370   Comments: 0
NPBL 5010 working the yard
Title:  NPBL 5010 working the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/2008  Upload Date: 3/1/2008 4:55:11 PM
Location:  Lamberts Point, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NPBL 5010(GP38-2)
Views:  762   Comments: 0
NPBL 2369
Title:  NPBL 2369
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/15/2008  Upload Date: 3/15/2008 3:23:02 PM
Location:  Berkley, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NPBL 2369(MP15DC)
Views:  613   Comments: 0
NPBL 5260 crossing Industrial Ave.
Title:  NPBL 5260 crossing Industrial Ave.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/28/2017  Upload Date: 1/15/2018 4:00:56 PM
Location:  Chesapeake, VA
Author:  William Grimes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NPBL 5260(GP38-2)
Views:  670   Comments: 0

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