Duo of BNSF "fake bonnets" lead southbound manifest toward Jackosnville, Florida enroute to Taft. The duo of bonnets would be set off for a northbound train and not make the entire trip ... (more)
Heading North, away from sunny Florida.
Talk about near perfect on a side by side, P097 was almost caught up the head end of Q033 with a nice surprise of westerners in the consist thats usually all CSX.
Headed for the Kingsland Sub, the former and newer style Fernandina Rocket heads south in good morning light.
Ex-SP EMD leads this coal train south toward Jacksonville, FL on a crisp clear afternoon.
A freindly wave from a crew member as the Silver Meteor streaks south, although in 5 miles, the train will stop at the Jacksonville Amtrak station.
While waiting for the A772, I couldn't help but admire how straight the track is, and how uniform the ties and tie clips are.
My favorite train on the CSX in this area.... The A772 is a Rice Yard (Waycross, GA) to Busch Yard (Jacksonville, FL) local. The A772 usually consists of older CSX power, and today is no differen... (more)