Q426 hard on the dynamics as they continue downgrade past one of many broken draw bars along this stretch due to the heavy grade.
Q283 tackles Washington Hill passing through a ice filled rock cut at MP 130 in Middlefield.
Q436 passes an old concrete milepost marker at QB 131 on the Boston Line.
Q274 makes its way down one of the steeper portions of Washington Hill deep in the Berkshire Mountains on a brisk morning.
Q421 struggles up the 1.5% grade of Washington Hill as Q274 eases downgrade past some of the last remaining foliage on the mountain.
CSX 4730 leads Q436 through the rock cut on the Middlefield/Chester town line.
Q264 eases downgrade through Middlefield, MA with some fall foliage starting to show.
Q437 trying hard to make it up Washington Hill in the days last light as it passes through the Rock cut in Middlefield.
CSX 7314 and CSX 8131 battle the steep grade of Washington Hill very underpowered for well over 90 autoracks. A few miles from this location the locomotive overheated and the train stalled.
Q264 is in dynamics heading downgrade past "The Caboose" in Middlefiled, MA on the CSX Boston Line.
Q283 struggles up grade on Washington Hill around the S Curve.
west bound ballast train
