Mid morning southbound.
N312, coal loads for Cliffside, crosses the Catawba River and Lake James just north of the Marion siding on the Blue Ridge Sub. The distinctive outline of Shortoff Mountain is in the distance.
CSX trash train Q635 clears the trilight signals at CP 58 and heads west. Locomotives:CSXT 3119 ES44ACCSXT 7720 C40-8WCSXT 6397 GP38-2SCSXT 6419 GP40-2CSXT 2235 GP40 Ro... (more)
CSX coal train U337 leaves enters CSX's Spartanburg Subdivision, (seen here at Crescent Avenue) leaving former Clinchfield territory and entering former ACL territory.