Very Rare CSXT SD45-2 on the point of a ballast train. Only one or two left operating on CSX.
NS 1700 has a different workmate for this Sunday's yard work.
This period saw very few pool power on the ex MP, other than the Southern/NS power on the old NHS. So when we see SD45s and SD45-2s, we wonder what happenned in New Orleans that allowed these uni... (more)
A pair of SD45-2's, U36C, and SD45 run this pig train fast through McCook.
Four SD45-2's helped a coal train down off of Horseshoe Curve. They will cut off and then be ready to push another westbound train up.
B&P's train BTNC holds short of the 6th Street crossing in Ellwood City after local PW-1 outlawed a couple miles east.
The kodachrome paint on the SD45-2s made them look bigger....
NS 1705 begins the journey to Gerdau Ameristeel (Sayreville) up the Gillespie Branch out of Browns Yard. The train is seen crossing Rte. 615 (Bordentown-Amboy Turnpike) which parallels the ex-Camd... (more)
Setting out a bad order car are two SD45-2s. Once in long haul service for Conrail and Erie Lackawanna, 1705 and 1702 see yard duty and occasionally a transfer job these days.
A 6496 North prepares to depart Saginaw Yard, switching takes place on the track right next to it.
Ex SBD, original Clinchfield SD45-2 awaits the next call to shove loaded coal trains over Duff Mountain.
SIJB slowly grinds up the grade and through the horseshoe curve near Lewis Run. The train was doing ~7 MPH as it went by us.
454 sits at Salamanca, waiting for the crew.
