Without wasting a moment the northbound CSX Q512-25 (Waycross,GA-Avon,IN) lean into the curve as the 8,000ft long manifest climbs up the .95% Hogjaw hill out of the Tennessee river valley on the out skirts of the rural community of New Hope, TN. Time can most definitely take a toll on a piece of equipment on the railroad. Lead locomotive CSXT 954 was one of the first new set of the ES44AH that was delivered to CSX back in 2011 that feature the new CSX corporation look. The latter part of the 900 series starting from 954 to 999 were all giving the unpopular Boxcar logo image, skip some seven years later, and probably more than a million miles under its belt this AH motor with signs of rust and grime on the nose, and roof I think this motor is ready to see the paint shop.
