After a full day of successfully run, inaugural Virginia Scenic Railway excursions, Buckingham Branch Railroad GP38-2 #17, a former Norfolk Southern locomotive, and the beautiful 'Arvonia' passenger car head for the locomotive shops just behind me. The newly (at the time) formed scenic excursions run twice daily Thursday-Sunday, one east and one west from Staunton. Staunton is a perfect place to base these excursions out of, between a town rich in both Virginia history and railroad history, there's plenty to do. Pictured here is not only the station in the background, but to the left, a C&O watering pipe, and you can see the coupoula of a former C&O caboose peeking over the fence to the right of that.
The "BB" was founded in 1988 and ran its first train on March 6, 1989. The BB has grown from 17 miles of track and two employees to 275 miles and 75 employees, spanning over Virginia in three separate divisions.
