Q108 is led by the devil, CSXT 666, and coming out of a lovely fiery sunset
Yard power sits with countless amounts of coal cars at the loop track in Ashtabula
It's all about coal in Ashtabula, as the coal dock is located on Lake Erie, which can be seen in the background. It also consists of a huge loop track-the cars in the foreground are on the same t... (more)
Ballast train with lease engine departs Ashtabula yard, with Autorack Q286 passing eastbound on the main under the old NYC signal bridge
Coal train with empties has just arrived in the large Ashtabula yard. Relief crew and yardmaster arrive simultaneously in the pickup. These arrivals run a complete circle around by the Lakeshore a... (more)
The large and very active coal yard and harbor in Ashtabula shows the "empties" side of the yard which is split by one of the docking harbors that intersects the yard. Trains of empty hoppers are ... (more)
Westbound CSX Q641 approaches CP 125 on track number one with an ex-BN leader
Westbound CSX E473-05 (MTY coal) approaches the CSX/NS diamonds at CP127.9 on track No. 1
2 BNSF SD40-2's still in their BN green was a nice catch hammering across the diamond.
After loading at Ashtabula, this ore train is ready to head south on the Youngstown Line.
9860 waits for a backhoe to finish some MOW work before leaving Ashtabula.
Although Lake Erie (background) is frozen solid, ore trains continue to load at Ashtabula during the winter.
5240 idles underneath the lights along with a primer Dash 9 and some CSX power.