Q226 Baltimore bound autorack has a CSX SD40-3 and a rare catch of fallen flag BC Rail C40-8M for power.
Northbound racks make their way through the center of Queensgate on sunny summer morning. Next to the racks a train load of steel slabs gets ready to make its daily run north to Middletown, OH.
A boxcar logo GEVO leads a lengthy Q226 past the old Jones Brewery, which brewed and bottled Stoney's Beer. Jones Brewery used to call Sutersville it's home, which is up the river from Smithton. ... (more)
An SD40-3 leads the Q226 Baltimore bound autorack train past the historic Point of Rocks train station.
Q226 charges out of North East PA towards the PA/NY state line.
CSX Q226 hustles out of North East PA with a HLCX leaser trailing.
Originally Conrail 6040, CSX C40-8 7495 leads northbound autorack train Q226 by the signals at Whipps Mill Rd. as it heads towards Cincinnati.
Looking down on Harpers Ferry, WV and the Potomac River from Maryland Heights. Eastbound Q226 autorack train has just called the "Peachers Mill" signal just out of sight midframe and glides along ... (more)
Eastbound Q226 approaches Bardane (Hobbs), WV.
Q226 operates opposite main eastbound on number one track due to trackwork on two track to the west.
Q226 passes the Mance Post Office heading down the hill towards Cumberland after cresting Sand Patch.
New cars get hustled east to dealers, passing old CPLs whose working lives may end this year.
Northbound autorack train Q226 rolls through the rural countryside at Sparta, KY on an unusually mild August morning.
Cumberland helper pushes Q226-26 out of town for a trip over Sand Patch @ 1/8th
The conductor on the Ivorydale Job steps off his shoving platform (caboose) to give Q226 the once-over.
