The eldest member of the CSX B30-7 fleet has seen better days as more and more parts dissapear. Keeping the 5517 company behind the shops is another CSX veteran, SD40 4606.
Q641 backs into the east end of the yard and past the tower at Mexico. In the background a pair of SD40-2's wait patiently to get back to work on the hump.
Former Conrail 6169 leads pig train Q130 into the Cumberland Terminal on a foggy morning.
An incident at the east end of the hump required Buffalo to Cumberland frieght Q641 to pull down to Mexico and then back into the yard at the end of its run.
A lone Tier II SD70MAC is enough to handle today's Q139 as it departs Cumberland just before the sun departs for the day.
Still wearing full C&O paint, 4617 works the hump at Cumberland.
Reversing west past Viaduct Tower on No. 2 Track, we pass the DODX 902 caboose on the rear of a dimensional train carrying spent nuclear fuel rods.
Water columns were integral parts of the railway environment in steam days, and this one provides authenticy to this late afternoon scene at the beautifully preserved Western Maryland station in C... (more)
The power for Q376 has pulled up to Mexico to cross over and then back on to its train. Coal train U306 also sits at the east end of the yard.
NS detour train, CSX symbol Z450, heads east out of the yard at Mexico as Q376 and U306 wait in the background.
CSX loaded coal U88324 pulls east at Mexico Tower during a heavy down pour at Cumberland,MD.
Westbound R353 starts its assault on Sand Patch Grade. The tracks diverging in the foreground lead to the Mountain Subdivision, better known as the West End. Directly in front of the lead unit i... (more)
Flashing back to the early years of CSX... GP40 6664 still in SCL paint.
Inside CSX 700, "The Spirit Of Cumberland", during an Open House.
A weary-looking SD35 in the dead line at Cumberland.
