Operating as L241 on a clear day in Standing Rock, is this southbound automobile carrier powered by two CSX engines and a BNSF unit.

CSX autorack train Q241 accelerates past the depot at Cartersville,GA with SD40-2 #8027 in the lead position.

CSX train Q241 (North Bergen, NJ - Louisville, KY) passes the West Shore abutments at MP 384 on the Buffalo Terminal Sub with a rebuild CSX SD70MACe leading a Union Pacific SD70ACe.

After a brief stop at the CSX Dewitt Yard, the empty autorack (Ridgefield NJ - Detroit MI) heads West through Syracuse on a beautiful spring afternoon.

Empty autoracks head West (Ridgefield NJ - Detroit MI) on a gorgeous cool spring day in Central Upstate New York. Taken from Hoag Rd where the bridge was removed over the tracks years ago.

Q241 rolls through Jamestown, Ga. with a rebuilt SD70MAC passing by a church sign with some humorous wording.

Southbound autorack train Q241 passes by the Jamestown Baptist Church at Jamestown Georgia with a rebuilt SD70AC leading the train to Baldwin. Notice the church sign says, "Honk if you love Jesus,... (more)

As the morning sun pops out of a sun pocket in the clouds, CSX Q241 rolls southbound through the fields of Ross Georgia just north of Cordele with an rebuilt SD70AC leading.

At almost 50 years of service what was built as C&O SD40 7508 in June 1970 CSX SD40-2 8367 leads southbound Q241 by the University of Louisville's campus. While overhead with three days before Ch... (more)

SD40-2 8008 & SD40-3 4068 do their best ALCO impersonations as they lead a monster Q241 (9600ft of loaded autoracks) south up the grade through Kennesaw, & thanks to a bad EOT, were limited to 30m... (more)

SD40-2 8008 & SD40-3 4068 lead a monster Q241 (9600ft of loaded autoracks) south past Wyvern yard, & thanks to a bad EOT, were limited to 30mph as they approached the beginning of the long uphill ... (more)

CSX SD40-2 #8008 & SD40-3 #4068 finally level out at Elizabeth,GA with a 102 car 9600' loaded autorack train Q241-21 after battling the grades from Emerson to Marietta. This pair sounded good!

Georgia summer is in full swing. Abundant sunshine, blue skies, and mimosa blooms. And boy, is it hot. CSX Q241 struggles upgrade past the Unknown Hero grave in the small town of Allatoona, GA, o... (more)

On October 8th, 2018, CSX signal crews converged on the former Chesapeake & Ohio mainline in northern Ohio to begin removing the classic C&O color light signals from service. By the end of the day... (more)

C&O searchlight signals and a mostly intact code line stand guard at CP Turnpike at the south end of CSX's yard in Walbridge. A single ET44AC has pulled clear of the interlocking and waits to back... (more)