Yard Crew Switching

A WW turn crosses a new crossing near the Valley Mall.

C39-8's on 35Q pass a WW train about to head south (although it heads north before it gets to the wye). Note the Milwaukee Road boxcar at the neighboring industry. There were two of these at the... (more)

V86 (crew said it became V87 when leaving the yard) and the 37Q sit alongside local power. Note the dove on the rail.

A nice duo of C39-8 leads the 35Q south. This is just east on the RR of CP Town (west geographically).

A nice pair of UP's lead the 203 down the "Brick" while the 227 waits on the main.

The sun pops out as a CR led 37Q shuffles around some cars. Trailing is a very low numbered C39-8.

NS211 with an undecorated GEVO waits for a crew in Hagerstown MD.

A northbound 36Q passes a Herzog ballast train waiting for a crew to head south. Two C39-8's are trailing on the 36Q.

Power for the D720 (a night train almost always) sits on the wye that heads to NS. The first unit, CSX 6000, the class unit of GP40-2 was cut off and put on CSX D797.

The 11R idles without a crew until the 203 comes and the floodgates open for the low priority trains. This was taken from a grade crossing.

35Q and 36Q meet in Vardo yard on a cold Sunday afternoon.

The 37Q heads through the yard (not down 101-104, the main or #1). This was because he had to drop off the rear of his train instead of the front as often is the case.

Blocked by 37Q and blocking the 227 (which has just recrewed), the 203 sits on the "Brick" for a few minutes until the rear of 37Q can clear the crossover a quarter mile away and he can go back to... (more)

With 37Q visible in the distance, the 203 heads south with a GP60/GP60/CEFX SD40-2 combo.