CSX train M222 keeps things moving north through Broughton on a nice Fall evening.
Containers make their way through Broughton behind two CSX GE locomotives. The yellow nose of this CSX unit goes well with the Fall foliage as it heads south.
After meeting train I140 north of here, I125 takes its turn through Broughton with 146 cars.
Looking like glitter sprinkled along the rails, is metal shavings. In the side track at Broughton, a curved portion of rail is littered with metal flakes from the wheel flanges rubbing against th... (more)
Empties head north over the Lineville Subdivision bound for Indiana, and 117 more loads of coal.
An EMD rumble is heard through the woods of Broughton, as rail travels over the rail on CSX train W021 lead by a SD40-2 locomotive.
A rebuilt GE locomotive pulls grain hoppers north, in route to Indiana.
Today, my two nephews join me for some rail action. Here's the last of three trains we caught... Intermodal containers hitch a ride north on the well cars of CSX train I028. It's nice to see an E... (more)
The long consist of M648 containing 614 axles, crosses the short steel bridge at Broughton with two units up front and a mid DPU.
Climbing into Roanoke, CSX train C040 is loaded with 100 cars of coal and equipped with 3 GE units for power.
A southbound is approaching, so this work train takes the siding as a storm clears at Broughton. I guess those hoppers are carrying gold, since that's where the rainbow ends.
Headed north with a train of containers and empty cars, I028 is lead by the "Spirit of Nashville" CSX engine.
A BNSF Heritage 2 unit rolls through Broughton with over 8,000 feet of containers.
With a clear signal at Broughton, I840 heads towards Dickert and then on to Wadley. There it will take the siding for a southbound coal train.
A total of 58 cars head north behind 3 CSX units during the last minutes of daylight.
