A beautiful morning sets the scene for CSX train Q125-20, as it arrives into Roanoke. Its duo of CSX motive power, almost effortlessly pull a short consist of containers (4,565 feet) pass the sma... (more)
"THE RAILROAD KITTY"... The merger of the C&O Railroad with B&O Railroad and Western Maryland Railway in 1972, gave way to the formation of the Chessie System. This new companies logo w... (more)
Cruising on the mainline with 7,492 feet of train, Q685-08 travels south with a MAC on the point. All 123 cars that it's composed of, wheel flanges will be lubricated here at mp. 843.
Weighing a whopping (432,000 pounds) this AC powered GE thunders over the mainline with 95 loaded autoracks. Not long after Q235-20 exited Roanoke, southbound CSX train Q125 followed hot on its h... (more)
"Locomotive Burnout"... After a train stalls in Roanoke with 110 loads of coal, power from another train was brought in to pull it over the hill. During the rescue attempt, wheel slippage occurre... (more)