CSX SD40-2 8059 leads an SD50 and a C40-8W on a mixed freight into Manchester, GA

Louisville & Nashville SD40-2 #3576, leading a Crystal River (FL) ELFX coal train after a crew change. #3576 later became CSX #8204. CSX selected the unit for its SD40-3 rebuild program and it b... (more)

Seaboard System train #380, after a new crew has boarded, is departing Manchester via the "Old Way" to access the Lineville Subdivision and the route to Birmingham, Alabama

The engineer has just notched out the throttle and is looking back over his 5 six-axle locomotives as Seaboard System train #329 struggles to start the climb from South Manchester up Pine Mountain... (more)

Seaboard Coast Line train #342 has eased to a stop in front of the Manchester Yard Office for a crew change

L&N 8142 hasn't had a "SBD" patch job after the January 1, 1983 formation of Seaboard System Railroad. Train #341 was a priority intermodal train from the midwest to Florida. The first two cars ... (more)

Trains 341 & 342 were two of the hottest trains on the railroad during their existence. These trains operated in the midwest to Florida corridor and were usually all piggybacks, with autoracks mi... (more)

Q601 waits for a new crew in one of the worst spots it could have picked to stop. That is because due to tying down at this particular location, Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: GE C40-8W (Dash 8-40CW)
Location: Manchester, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 7880
Train ID: CSX Q601
Photo Date: August 01, 2010

A beautiful looking former GP30 and its road mate sit in the lovely Manchester yard awaiting pickup from Q647 later in the day.

With the crew of A920 running the show, this mixed freight train lead by a repainted Dash 8 is about to split the signals at the North End of Manchester siding as it slows down for a crew change a... (more)

Seaboard Coast Line C30-7 #7026, U36C #2131 & C30-7 #7091 lead SCL train #333's Extra around the "New Way" to the junction of the Lineville and Manchester Subdivisions just north of the Manchester... (more)

C30-7 #7040, leading a GP16, another C30-7 and an SD45, pull Birmingham, AL to Waycross, GA train #307 up to the yard office for a crew change. The dimensional loads on the head-end reqiured the ... (more)

The speed restriction on the curve, combined with the grade, results in the use of very high throttle positions for trains southbound at this location. There will be a stop in 400 feet for a crew... (more)

Seaboard System U30C #1482 & U25C's 1521 and 1522 lead a loaded Florida bound coal train up to the Yard Office for a crew change. #1482 was built July 1972 and delivered as Louisville & Nashville... (more)

the southbound Kentucky Derby deadhead train eases thru the 10mph curve into Manchester, bringing the Kentucky rain along with it