Railfanning Ashland, VA for the remainder of March 2026 (feat. CSX 1853, YN2 AC4400CW, and more)

This video is made up of every endeavor I've made to Ashland in March 2026. With that, I'm now mostly caught up on March 2026 videos except for the B&O Railroad Museum visit and a couple Collier visits. Enjoy! 3-4-26 (0:00): Amtrak P092 NB. ALC-42 307 P42DC 167 (2:04): Amtrak P080 NB. ALC-42 365 (2:36): Amtrak P090 NB. P42DC 29 (3:32): Amtrak P155 arrives and departs Ashland, and meets Amtrak P124, which does the same. Amtrak P155 P42DC 153 Amtrak P124 ALC-42 331 (8:30): Amtrak P091 SB. ALC-42 344 ALC-42 372 3-5-26 (10:43): Amtrak P079 SB. P42DC 198 (11:21): CSX I031 SB through Elmont. ET44AH 3459 ES44AH 773 3-9-26 (15:20): The boarding announcement for Amtrak P124, then said train arrives and departs Ashland. ALC-42 355 (17:48): Amtrak P093 arrives and departs. ALC-42 335 3-18-26 (22:08): CSX M419 I didn't expect to do any railfanning today, but with CSX M419 on its way with a YN2 AC4400CW leading the NYC heritage unit, I decided to intercept him at Elmont real quick. AC4400CW 505 ES44AH 1853 (NYC HU; ex-CSX 3067) 3-21-26 (23:30): Amtrak P099 SB by Gwathmey Church Road. Sorry I used my phone. I didn't expect to do any railfanning after work, so I didn't bring it. ALC-42 310 (23:54): Pulling into Ashland, I unexpectedly caught CSX M415 with the NYC heritage unit leading! I knew it was coming, but I expected it to have already passed while I was at work. Apparently not! ES44AH 1853 (NYC HU, ex-CSX 3067) GP40-3 6543 (ex-GP40-2 6020/B&O 4120) ES40DC 5471 (mid-DPU) CM44AH 7262 (mid-DPU; ex-AC4400CW 350) 3-25-26 (26:45): CSX M418 NB. ES44AH 759 ES44AH 860 (31:49): Amtrak P092 NB. ALC-42 329 ALC-42 307 (32:26): CSX I031 SB. ES44AH 3247 AC4400CW 108 (36:25): Amtrak P080 NB. P42DC 148 (37:42): Amtrak P089 SB, and a couple helicopter flyovers. One is a Sikorsky MH-60 Seahawk helicopter, and the other might be a UH-72 Lakota, but I didn't zoom in close enough to see properly. P42DC 199 (38:44): The boarding announcement for Amtrak P138, plus another flyover. Then Amtrak P079 passes by and meets Amtrak P138, which picks up and drops off passengers. Amtrak P079 ALC-42 344 Amtrak P138 ALC-42 318 (44:08): CSX M408 NB. ET44AH 3397 CM44AH 7022 (ex-AC4400CW 132) (48:28): Amtrak P095 SB. ALC-43 355 (49:22): A flyover of an airplane toward Hanover Municipal Airport, then Amtrak P090 NB. P42DC 136 (53:22): Amtrak P091 SB with a Phase VII duo. ALC-42 311 P42DC 176 3-26-26 (55:11): After work that day, I briefly stopped by Ashland again. Amtrak P138 was already there. We drive by the station at the station, then catch it leaving across from Randolph Macon College. ALC-42 355 (56:50): Amtrak P095 rolls by. ALC-42 304 (57:22): Amtrak P080 NB. P42DC 199 (59:30): Amtrak P091 SB with a colorful P42 duo. P42DC 193 P42DC 79 (1:00:35): Amtrak P053 SB. ALC-42 364 ALC-42 322 (1:02:58): Amtrak P124 arrives and departs Ashland. ALC-42 318 (1:05:27): On the way home, we get stopped by Amtrak P125 at Hunton. ALC-42 326 3-31-26 (1:05:48): Amtrak P097 SB with two P42s. It's wild that a P42 duo is getting harder to find on this train. P42DC 206 P42DC 163 (1:07:02): CSX M409 SB. ES44AH 753 ES44AH 709 (mid-DPU) (1:12:21): Slideshow. Music: Robin Hustin: On Fire