On a hazy humid June evening CSX Q580-07 (Atlanta,GA-Nashville,TN) is creeping north in the siding at Dalton, GA. In the Pre-PSR days Q580 was a daily run road local that took all the car that did... (more)

Northbound CSX manifest Q580 ducks under highway 41 passing the caboose on the end of a welded rail train in the hole for the meet. CN #8952 now wears blue and red in its GTW heritage scheme.

Canadian Visitor. In Columbia, we rarely see foreign power on CSX, so it was a nice treat to catch this CN unit, especially since it has the CN100 logo on it. This mostly autorack train de... (more)

The 7,991 ton CSX Q580-01 (Greenville,SC-Nashville,TN) roar north passing the Tyner Holdout signal (MP WA-128.7) on the CSX Western & Atlantic Sub. CSX once again has decided to change their imag... (more)

At dusk we get up close an, person with CSX Q580-07 (Greenville,SC-Nashville,TN) which is tied down on the main 1 track just outside of Wauhatchie Yard (MP J-147.0 Lookout). CSX is suffering from ... (more)

CSX Q580-02 (Greenville,SC-Louisville,KY) is slowly creeping across Hwy 11 and the AGS North up the lead to Wildwood. Shortly after passing the bridge Q580 has to come to a stop, and get talked by... (more)

Less than a quarter of a mile to the summit of Raccoon Mountain, the pair of GE motor guided the massive Q580 north up the main 2 track on the long trek for Louisville, KY. As a CSX tradition Q580... (more)

CSX Q580-02 is slowly moving at a snail pace on the main 2 on the outskirts of Wildwood, GA heading for Nashville on the trek to Louisville, KY. Assigned to today's train is a old comer with a new... (more)

After meeting the haulage rights train NS 732 at the bottom of the grade in Haletown, TN. Q580-02 (Greenville,SC-Louisville,KY) is seen making a run up Hogjaw Hill emerges out of the river valley.... (more)

November 10th, 2020. Chattanooga, TN. The mid 1900’s in 2020?! On the right is Q580. On the left is Gp30 Seaboard 1030 sitting on the small rip track in Chattanooga, TN at “Tyner”. The Gp30,... (more)

The fall colors is at it's peak here in the Tennessee valley, but the crew of the massive northbound CSX Q580-08 pay no mind as they get the train up to speed as they prepared to knock down the Me... (more)

CSX Q580 heads north through Adairsville with nearly 12,000ft behind them.

Northbound CSX Q580-24 (Charlotte,NC-Nashville,TN) is running at track speed just south of historic downtown Stevenson as the sun peak out for a brief moment. With rail traffic being on the light ... (more)

After getting the signal from NS to zig-zag across the new track layout at 23rd St, CSX Q580-07 (Greenwood,SC-Nashville,TN) pounds the high-speed switches as the northbound freight crosses back ov... (more)

Q580, a Greenwood, SC to Nashville, TN manifest, heads north through Cartersville with CN SD70M-2 8952 leading. This was the first of 5 northbound trains over a 2 hour span, with 4 of them, includ... (more)