On Monday, March 4th, Amtrak will institute new schedules for Northeast Regional service in the Commonwealth. The state decided to add an additional daily round trip to Norfolk; hence, all other service had to be adjusted. On the parallel Newport News line, several trains had their departure times adjusted, both northbound and southbound. However, one train was a casualty of the changes; the unique Regional 83. 
This train ran only on Fridays (supplementing two other southbounds), departing D.C. at 5:50 PM and arriving in Williamsburg at 9:42. After laying overnight in Newport News, the consist would travel up the peninsula in the predawn darkness, not stopping until Richmond Staples' Mill station, where as train 82 it served as the first to serve the rush hour crowd. With the addition of Trains 93/94 to Norfolk, 83/82 became superfluous.
At 10:12 PM on February 22nd, P42DC 94 rounded the curve leading a late Train 83 into Williamsburg. The train slid to a stop on the slick rail on this drizzly cold night. Two passengers got on; about 15 got off. There seemed no semblance of consciousness on the part of any of the actors in this paradigm shift that they were part of history on the Peninsula sub. Passengers met rides or got on waiting WATA busses; a completely melodramatic end to the most unique regularly scheduled passenger train to traverse the Peninsula Sub in modern times.
Edit: Of course, after writing this swan song, I realized that this coming weekend, March 1st, will be the actual last run. I will be traveling up the peninsula that day, so I can't get that run on video, unfortunately.
