The engineer offers a wave out the window of a former UP SD90MAC as 29E approaches CP194 in Berea, Ohio. NS is in the process of acquiring 100 of these from Union Pacific.
NS train 29E heads west as it climbs out of the Cuyahoga River valley in some sweet afternoon light. This train comes off CSX at CP 181 as Q229 and turns into 29E on NS and goes to Detroit.
NS 29E (CSX Q229) is seen passing through Olmsted Falls with a single ex-Con GE widecab on the point. With little preparation time, a telephoto shot was in order.
NS 29E heads west through downtown Cleveland. This train is one of the only trains that still uses the ex-CR Lakefront Line between CSX Collinwood Yard, and the NS Drawbridge. It originates on C... (more)