All BNSF lashup climbs the East Slope up the mountain toward Sand Patch
Yet another CSX freight with a mix of power and paint schemes. Click Here for more train photos from Pittsburgh.
Q383 passes thru the interlocking at Riverton heading for New Castle with a recently painted B40-8W upfront.
Three BNSF units and a MRL SD-45 head west with Q383. Note GP-60B 328 2nd out.
Three BNSF units lean into the curve just before entering the single track with this CSX westbound.
The treat on this train was the BNSF (ex CB&Q) SD-9 6127. GN was where the AC&Y crossed the B&O.
Fall Foliage 2004 (Couldn't Buy a CSX Leader!!!)
Q383 passes the train order board at MK Tower in the last rays of sweet light. Trains used to require permission past MK Tower to enter the P≤ today CSX AS dispatcher gives westward trains
Q383 gets ready to depart Cumberland and make a run for Sand Patch. Seeing NS power in Cumberland is a strange sight.
Crew on passing Q641 called this train the "West Coast Special"
The Hyndman Helper shoves Q383 through Fairhope
Just before dawn on a foggy morning, a westbound passes the B&O signals and enters Sand Patch Tunnel