Three Buckingham Branch locomotives congregate in Dowell, Virginia on a brisk winter day in February 2006. BB 2 is a rebuilt GP16 which was originally built in 1950 as Seaboard Airline (SAL) EMD GP7 1732, to Seaboard Coast Line 912 before being rebuilt to Seaboard System (SBD) GP16 4976 to CSXT 1857.
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.
