Out of the Gates: UP 6544 leads loaded ethanol train CSX B633 eastbound out of Clifton Forge, Virginia, onto the CSX James River Subdivision through Iron Gate, Virginia.
We found this single unit switching a work train along the main. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.
A single KCS tier 4 GEVO leads a military train east through Iron Gate, VA.
Downgraded to 3000 HP, a rebuilt unit is handling ballast train duties today. Interesting signal on the main seems to indicate a permanent speed restriction here.
It's a beautiful February morning in the James River valley, and manifest train Q303 is blasting out of Clifton Forge having finished working the yard.
A work train dropping ballast iis nice. It goes slow, backs up sometimes, like a chartered runby for free. I like those red lights. I think the FRA should mandate them.
CSX's Tampa Division Redblock unit leads a B&O "heritage unit" eastbound near Iron Gate.
