This snowblower is done for the season and an easy one at that with few storms, mild tempuratures and few that were big.
Q283 with a rich burning Ex Conrail SD60M leader makes its way through Westfield, MA with empty racks coming back from the auto facility in Brookfield, some 50 miles to the east.
Q420 kicks out brake dust as it descends down Washington Hill past the old B&A coaling tower once used for the steam engines that use to traverse this stretch of railroad.
CSX 7314 and CSX 8131 battle the steep grade of Washington Hill very underpowered for well over 90 autoracks. A few miles from this location the locomotive overheated and the train stalled.
Q264 struggles up the Washington hill grade past milepost QB 142 on CSX's Boston Line.
Controls of CSX AC6000CW #622
View of the desktop controls on the CSX 4734
CSX 636 and a EX Conrail CW40-8 bring Q436 slowly down Washington Hill on CSX's Boston Line.
Q436 eases down Washington Hill with a parade of trains behind him.
Q424's long struggle up the grueling grade of Washington hill has finally come to an end as it crests the summit and prepares to head down grade.
What happened?! CSX 4714 seems to be missing its nose decal. Q174 rolls down grade passing Becket, MA with two UP units.
A new CSX SD70ACe bangs over the New England Central diamond at Palmer.
