Having made their drop-off, CSX Z437 aka MMID UBEG, rolls towards the cars they are picking up, with the conductor giving hand-signals to the engineer, while a conductor-trainee looks on.
Two and a half hours after arriving at the interchange, the MMID UBEG crew is finally out on CSX tracks, as Z437, backing their outbound cars onto the storage track that CSX local D796 just emptie... (more)
CSX's Hanover to Baltimore local, D796, creeps into the interchange to do its work, passing the Maryland Midland (MMID) UBEG, that so far, has been held from entering the interchange for almost 2 ... (more)
About 15 miles to the east, this train was running in the shadows of Baltimore's Metro. The scenery is decidedly more rural here, just west of Emory Grove.
When you wait on the block to get out onto CSX, you have some time on your hands. Here is a shot of the control stand of MMID 304. Looks sort of like I'm on a 3-step, doesn't it? Well, I'm not ... (more)
Having cut away from our train and swapped ends of motive power, we sit, waiting for the D796-04, seen on the right, to pick-up our set-off, seen on the left.
