Today's Q619 is a hefty one with 142 cars and over 8800 feet in length. With that information in hand, the forward thinking dispatcher uses the tools and trackage at his disposal to keep this tra... (more)
The steep grade on the Baltimore Belt Line between HB and Huntingdon Ave can be brutal on underpowered eastbound freights. Here we see Y134 with a very nice EMD trio, shoving Q216 across town.
A colorful lashup of CSX and KCS locomotives power a southbound manifest under the the doomed signal bridge at Kennesaw. Engineer 'Hippo' gives a couple friendly toots as they go by.
SD70M 4770, a veteran of the River Line heads south.
Shooting Leaves and trains, Got one I liked a lot.
R657 grinds upgrade through Sand Patch on a very muggy, but beautiful morning.
CSXT Locomotives 4770/698 head a mixed freight south through Whitakers for Rocky Mount Yard .
Ballast train D070 is slowly crawling over the switch to 105 track. Oddly enough, the power will be shoving a train out of the way right behind me while towing the ballast, kinda like mid train h... (more)
CSXT 4770 leads a grain train eastbound on the former C&O thru Thurmond,WV
NB freight departs Dante by idle MofW equipment
NB Freight is winding its way along Boody siding.
CSX yard transfer job CA-01 rolls east under the signal sets at Belmont behind a pair of 70MACS on a sunny afternoon.
CSX yard transfer job CA-01 rolls west off the Delair Branch at the curve at Ingleside behind a pair of 70MACS on a sunny afternoon. Train originates at Pavonia, goes to Falls Yd, then terminates ... (more)
Loaded coal gons for Harrisburg with a full CSX lashup in NS ex-CR territory! The second loco is CSX 4785! Canon EOS Digital Rebel w/ 28-80mm USM lens
