A pair (4554 and 4333) of winged, UNflared SD70M's are the power on Q690 this evening...shown minutes from departure in front of the Shelby Yard office.
HLCX 9015 still wears it's MPI gold stripes as it backs deep into the hollows of southwest Virginia to pick up a cut of loaded coal hoppers. It is assisted by NS 5435 still in Conrail blue.
An empty coal train is westbound at East Stone Gap and about to clear the signal to enter Andover Yard Limits.
ACs 354 and 72 assist in assembling this train of bad orders. They will eventually travel north to the Russell shops where some will surely meet their end.
Pulling out of the siding.
Westbound empty coal train pulls out of the siding.
NS 2632, a brand new SD70M in white primer, leads a train of empties westbound along the hillside through Glenita near bootleg trestle.
A rough looking GE leads empties near the NS-CSX connection at East Stone on a warm January day.
NYC 808 is shown in a back-up move to connect to cars it helped bring down the C&O. Later in the day, it will lead the cut to Myra to load, move back to Shelby, then make a run to Toledo, OH.
Helpers return to Shelby Yard.
I didn't expect to find this in 2003.
CSX E110 NB loaded coal train crosses Copper Creek at restricted speed 10 minutes behind Q69002.
Extra South at the East End of Shelby Yard.
