Straight out of the box
We get a close look at the few month old CSX motor at the time. CSXT 3171 in its dazzling new image blue, and gold, leads a sister unit, and a ration of locomotive that was on CSX Q581-05 (Nashville,TN-Atlanta,GA). The two sister Gevos unit was called out of Cowan, TN to come and rescue the manifest, due to the assigned lead motor suffering from mechanical failure. Even on this day where the temperature was in the negative range, and the rare sub-zero air was crippling operation on the CSX Chattanooga Sub the railroad must pressed on. Once the power was couple up to the train, the crew that was in charge waited on a signal on the south end of Bridgeport, AL (MP J-122.4 SE Bridgeport) to proceed south on its long agonizing journey to Chattanooga, TN.
