Daylight On The East Bank. On the afternoon Thursday, May 11, 2023, CSX M701-10 (Selkirk, NY-Oak Point, Bronx, NY) was an unusual daylight runner down the Hudson Line, seen passing under the Bear Mountain Bridge next to the Hudson River in Cortlandt, New York with CSXT 8833 (SD40-2, née-Conrail (CR 6442, EMD, 9/1978). The vast majority of CSX trips here are made under the cover of darkness, with only Amtrak and Metro-North trains visible during the day. Once a valuable a heavily utilized artery to bring rail freight to New York City, time and operating practice have migrated most cargo to crossing by truck with this train normally carrying a plurality of garbage cars along with a handful of local customers and interchange to New York & Atlantic Railway.
