Living on borrowed time, the classic Atlantic Coast Line searchlights protect southbound grain train G086 as it enters the Wilmington and Weldon Subdivision at Contentnea. Visible in the backgroun... (more)
3018 is looking good in CSX’s newest corporate logo “the boxcar”, as it leads a relatively short Q540 at the south end of Amherst.
CSX 843 & 352 lead a westbound empty BNSF coal train.
CSXT 797 waits for a crew to start making chicken food.
CSX's latest incarnation of their corporate logo adorns this new GE ES44AH basking in the sun at Ford's Branch.
After weeks of cloudy days and dead mainlines, a busy and sunny morning greats me. I decided to go down before work and see what I could see. This also has inspired me to bring a bush cutter.
A pair CSX GE units with ES44AH 910 on the front draw to a stop at the signal at Rice Street Bridge, Hamlet. There is a third unit on the rear. They are working a coal train south and will wait qu... (more)
After setting out cars in the yard CSXT ES44AH units 759 and 933 ease away from Monroe Yard with a freight from Hamlet Yard.
In perfect light a pair of ES44AH units ease a 100 car coal train through Monroe Yard. 703 is on the rear.
A empty "Bailey-Cross" coal train powered by three big 6 axles charges west. One more mile and U306 will summit the westward climb out of the Potomac River Valley. In about 45 minutes this train w... (more)
Q437 passes through North Grafton with a mix of GE and EMD units for power.
One day before the 'official' winter season, Boston Line 'flagship' freight CSXT Q-436(the old CR 'SEFR') departs off the East End of Selkirk Yard as Q-165 stack train comes in the 'fast freight... (more)
With the paint still wet and dripping, an ES44AH heads south by the signal at Oaks. Special thx to Laurel Anne for technical asst.
Q115 marches up the South Byron Hill through the blowing snow. Please visit my website for more photos.