Freight bound for Waycross, GA moves south pass the lubricator pump in Roanoke. Locomotive #5449 was built in 2007 as an ES44DC, but later switched to a ES40DC.
Getting 60 carloads of rock on the move from a stand still takes some power. While throttling up out of the siding, CSXT #949 imitates a steam locomotive. A long plume of smoke blows out of the e... (more)