One of the daily southbound Q-trains on the Lineville Subdivision, rolls through Broughton with a clean unit on the point. Operating as X647 today, this train has three engines leading 175 cars.

Q647 heads south climbing the grade in Kennesaw with a recently reactivated C40-9W, originally a C44-8W that was essentially a demo unit for the Dash 9 series locomotive, on the point.

Q647 heads south climbing the grade out of Emerson with a recently reactivated C40-9W, originally a C44-8W that was essentially a demo unit for the Dash 9 series locomotive, on the point.

Q647 heads south through Cartersville with a recently reactivated C40-9W, originally a C44-8W that was essentially a demo unit for the Dash 9 series locomotive, on the point.

A trio of AC44's bring Q647 south through Marietta with the tail end of X648 stretched through town for the meet.

Rerouted CSX manifest Q647 passes the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville. Leading is EMD SD70MAC 4792, one of several unrebuilt MAC’s that had recently been brought out of storage.

After a job briefing with AC-Dispatcher, Q647-07 (Chicago,IL/BCR-Waycross) gets a signal, and is diverging over to the main 2 track as the freight departs Wauhatchie via of Control-Point Lookout. ... (more)

CSX Southbound Freight Train Q647 heads South through Bangor, AL.

A nearly full snow supermoon, shines bright over the Lineville Subdivision on this cold February night. Three CSX locomotives rush through Roanoke between the color lights with 71 cars. This sect... (more)

With a mixed quartet of EMD 40 series, CSX Q647 interrupts the calm morning scene at Ross, Georgia in November of 2003. (Slide Scan)

With a mixed quartet of EMD 40 series, CSX Q647 blast through the sleepy hamlet of Ambrose, Georgia in November of 2003. (Slide Scan)

Most of what everyone likes on the Family Lines era SD40-2s, nose mounted headlight and an RS5T. CSXT 8133 blends right in with familiar surroundings at Union City, Georgia in May 2003 as it leads... (more)

Early morning light finds CSX Q647 racing south through Crisp County at the Ross defect detector on CSX's busy Fitzgerald Subdivision. Since this view was taken in November of 2003, many changes h... (more)

Union Pacific power holds down the siding with its engine running on a sunny day at Broughton. Already on call, a crew is headed here to take command of this GE and its freight.

CSX Train Q647-28 is seen here heading south through Blake, AL, with UP SD59MX #9908 on the point