Anyone know if Norfolk Southern uses the portion of the NEC between the Washington DC area and Baltimore??? I know that NS uses the Port Road Branch to access Baltimore from the north via the NEC, but any traffic comes to Baltimore from the south via trackage rights on Amtrak??
I have not noticed any Norfolk Southern freights on the NEC between Washington and Baltimore. Most of the NS freights bound for the New York City area are routed over the NS B Line between Manasass and Riverton Jct. and the the H Line to Hagerstown. From Hagerstown, NS freight trains for the New York City area are routed via Harrisburg, Reading and Allentown.
Benning Yard and Washington Post in College Park. FYI CSX stops for block signals at college park frequently. Orangeville Johns Hopkins Hospital N campus is the old Conrail yard and NS goes to Perrryille and Harrisburg on the Port Rd Jct. The N extent of NS freight is where NS chicken feed and coal trains go to Deleware from Perryville thru Newark