Since the lead AC unit was giving the previous crew a handful of trouble, Montgomery Yard has decided to give this grain train some help in the form of CSXT 2490 which more)
With 3 units, the engineer on G430 has no problem keeping his 85 car train at the track speed of 50 MPH as it climbs over Southern Indiana farmland.
G430 leans into the curve at Notasulga just before the sun sinks below the horizon; within ten minutes, this scene was enveloped in shadows.
A southbound loaded grain train passes by the site where a new spur is being built to the Florida Rock Company quarry. Yet to be installed are the switch itself and the gates for the new AL Highwa... (more)