Originally PC, ex CR, this unit switches a large facility which appears to have been military at one time. The big conduit appears to have been installed to carry current to a block heater.
During our week trip that included Summerail we catch a southbound NS intermodal crossing CSX's former CR main. They will parallel CSX's former C&O Line for about 1/2 mile south then go their own... (more)
NS 777 passes under the former Pennsylvania Railroad Coaling Tower as the sun sets over Marion.
NS 18m heads eastbound on the NS Sandusky District with ominous clouds in the background.
NS 8105 leads manifest 18M eastbound on the Sandusky District. Seen here passing under the for former PRR coaling tower north of Marion.
UP 7239 leads NS intermodal 276 eastbound on the NS Sandusky District through Marion, Ohio.
As sun sets over the Sandusky District, NS 117 pulls westbound past Harvey to head north toward Bellevue.
BNSF 7460 and BNSF 7027 are power on an NS intermodal making its way through Marion.
BNSF 5215, a C44-9W in the H2 paint scheme, leads NS 179 past the NS yard in Marion.
CSX 1827 leads priority intermodal train, I008, pas the Marion Union Station and the Marion AC Tower as it heads eastbound on the Mt. Victory Subdivision.
MOW crews work to replace the diamonds of the Marion AC.
CSX M363 with two ES40DCs for power pulls eastbound past the Marion Union Station on the Mt. Victory Subdivision.
NS 885 heads eastbound on the NS Sandusky District as the sun starts to set on the first day of July.
NS 64D, with a KCS leader, passes a waiting NS 858 at CP Harvey on the NS Sandusky District.
After working the yard in Marion, CSX M216, with CSX 1973 leading, pulls eastbound out of Marion on the Mt. Victory Subdivision.