Q409 crossing the Delaware River from NJ into PA, making a daylight appearence.

Q409 rolls south below the Bear Mt bridge amidst peak foliage.

Southbound Q409 rolls across the trestle at Popolopen Creek as the Bear Mountain Bridge, spanning the Hudson River, casts it's shadow below.

Crossing the spectacular former ACL-RF&P viaduct over the James river southbound.

Southbound manifest Q409-05 rolls past douglasdale rd on her way south to Waycross, Ga. This part of the railroad in Richmond runs through a trench between the north and southbound lanes of I 195.

A mixed freight consisting of 81 cars (trash on the head end) crosses the James River southbound.

Trash containers on flatcars make up much of the front end of this southbound CSX Q409 merchandise train as it passes under State Street and nears the location of the long-ago razed West Englewood... (more)

A GEVO and two leasers bring Q409 south.

Trash on its way south

Trash moving south

A very long southbound train, the first half of which looks like a unit trash train, the second half a general freight, heads through Crystal City. His counterpart, a northbound unit trash train,... (more)

CSX Q409 heads south towards New Jersey.

The River Line at its most spectacular. Nikon D50 18-55mm. www.railroad-photography.com

The conductor from waiting Q409 prepares to do a roll-by inspection of fast-moving intermodal Q173. I saw almost nothing but AC6000CWs on point this fine Saturday morning.