Safety First Decked out in their new fluorescent safety vests, a pair of crews exchange pleasantries and the controls of Q145 as it prepares to depart Montgomery southward. The piles... (more)
Intermodalism is seen in two forms as Q145 passes underneath the I-65 bridge in Montgomery while a Crowley 53' container rides over it.
After meeting Q612 and intermodal counterpart Q144, Q145 and its six UP locos rumble past the Flomaton signal with the famous L&N coaling tower looming in the background. Railroad: Union PacificLocomotive: GE ES44ACLocation: Flomaton, Alabama, USALocomotive #: UP 7820Train ID: CSX Q145Photo Date: November 24, 2009
Q145 blasts past some yard power at Flomaton.
As it rounds the curve at the N.E. Notasulga siding, Q145 passes a set of CSX power that upholds the tradition of "No Crew November".
Q145 heads south during rare south Alabama snowfall.
A southbound crosses the Bay Saint Louis bridge. Note the mangled pier supports in the foreground, a reminder of the utter devastation this area suffered during Hurricane Katrina. This shot was ta... (more)
The hump in the tracks that the intermodal cars are cresting marks the beginning of a long downhill run; for southbounds, it's a racetrack from here to Montgomery. Also notice the Tropicana juice ... (more)
With a few Tropicana juice reefers ahead of the intermodal containers, Q145 splits the signals at the south end of Macon Siding after meeting Q192.
Q145 leaves the siding at Macon on its way to Montgomery
Q145 goes in at Macon Siding; New Orleans - Atlanta intermodal trains Q144/5 and Q192/3 have not run up the West Point Route since Hurricane Katrina, being rerouted to the north