Westbound autorack train climbing the eastern slope of Sand Patch Grade.
Staying just ahead of the shadow cast by a puffy cloud, a pair of BNSF C44-9Ws leads a CSX drag freight down the east slope of the famous Sand Patch grade.
Eastbound with a UP C40-8 traing descending the east slope of Sand Patch Grade.
GREAT to see a matched set of early GE power on a Rack Train!!!
All BNSF lashup climbs the East Slope up the mountain toward Sand Patch
Running wrong main, 383 works upgrade at Fairhope on the east slope of Sand Patch.
CSX 8591 pushes the K579 up the grade towards Sandpatch.
CSX Q138 is eastbound through the Fairhope S Curve.
A very clean UP 4751 leads the Q368 down the grade towards Cumberland, MD.
Two oddities, one train. Coal downgrade over Sand Patch and an SD80MAC round out this N605-10 as it heads towards Cumberland, MD. The train was led by SD50s 8500, 8517, 8516, SD80MAC 801 and AC4... (more)