A Decatur, IL to Pelzer, SC/GRLW ethanol train flies south with a killer leader. I had taken off work for a completely different train that was extremely late... I was pissed until I received a s... (more)

Q299 rushes westbound through Easton, Ohio at milepost BG150 on the CSX New Castle Subdivision with HLCX 6341 at the helm in near perfect Southern Pacific dress. Many crews refer to this signal as... (more)

Q299 rolls westbound through downtown Akron, Ohio behind the power of HLCX 6341, an SD40-2 wearing nearly untouched Southern Pacific speed-lettering paint. It is seen crossing the Voris and South ... (more)

CSX train ID Q299 heads west with a former Southern Pacific on the lead on a warm sunny day in September

HLCX 6341 leads Q299 towards Walbridge still sporting the SP image.

The engineer for Q190 poses for a shot while at CP Aldene. This unit started out as SP 8436 and was later rebuilt and given number 7336. When Helm received the unit, they patched over the numbers ... (more)

A former Southern Pacific SD40R leads intermodal train Q190 over 1st Avenue. This unit was built for SP as an SD40 and was rebuilt into an SD40R in the 80's. It is now owned by Helm Leasing. The ... (more)

HLCX SD40R Nº6341 was built in March 1966 as SP SD40 8436, it later went on to be rebuilt by the carrier in what become some of the last home rebuilt units. Looking damn near as good as when it w... (more)

HLCX SD40R Nº6341 was built in March 1966 as SP SD40 8436, it later went on to be rebuilt by the carrier in what become some of the last home rebuilt units. Looking damn near as good as when it w... (more)

HLCX SD40R Nº6341 was built in March 1966 as SP SD40 8436, it later went on to be rebuilt by the carrier in what become some of the last home rebuilt units. Looking damn near as good as when it w... (more)

HLCX SD40R Nº6341 was built in March 1966 as SP SD40 8436, it later went on to be rebuilt by the carrier in what become some of the last home rebuilt units. Looking damn near as good as when it w... (more)

"Espee" HLCX Nº6341 charges up the A&WP/WofA Subdivision through College Park, Ga. during it's Waycross, Georgia to Cincinnati, Ohio trip.

One of the coolest consists Ive ever witnessed on a coal train crosses the Chattahoochee River on train T176 for Florida.

"Espee in New Jersey"

In 2012 lease units started to make more regular appearances on CSX trains throughout the system, one of these units happened to be an ex-Southern Pacific u... (more)

After getting fuel and a crew, S368 with an ex SP leader heads out of town east towards Cumberland.