CSX R171, the former OBSS (Orange Blossom Special-South), with RF&P 121 plus four, charges west, Main to No. 1, past the CPLs guarding Rossville interlocking on the Philadelphia Sub ... (more)
Led by CR SD50 6757 plus three additional, Conrail’s PYSE (Potomac Yard to Selkirk), operating on CSX rails between Anacostia and Park Jct., has just entered the single main of the Philadelphia ... (more)
“Ten O’Clock Low” CSX 0171 (OBSS), with RF&P GP40-2 141 plus three, is westbound at Rossville interlocking on CSX's (former B&O) Philadelphia Subdivision. The conductor appears to... (more)
At 14:38, a late-running Orange Blossom Special-South, with RF&P GP40 121 plus two additional, is westbound approaching Poplar (mp 82.5) on CSX's (former B&O) Philadelphia Sub on September 26, 198... (more)
“Fresh Air”The conductor of the “East End Local” (B829), with Chessie System/B&O GP38 2047 (CSX#), gets some fresh air and conducts a “roll by” inspection of R171 (Orange Bl... (more)
“RPPY Incognito”It may look like unit coal, but it’s actually D&H RPPY (Rouses Point, NY to Potomac Yard, VA), symbolled as R403 on CSX, powered by NS C39-8 8605 and NS GP38AC 411... (more)
CSX R171 (OBSS, Orange Blossom Special-South), with RF&P GP40 123 plus three, is westbound approaching Poplar (mp 82.5) on CSX's (former B&O) Philadelphia Subdivision, shortly after nine o... (more)
“Short of a Full Deck”This unusually short CSX trailer train, with Chessie System/B&O GP40-2 4438 as the sole power, is westbound approaching Poplar (mp 82.5) on CSX's (former B&O) ... (more)
“Brickyard 171”CSX R171 (former OBSS, “Orange Blossom Special-South”), with RF&P GP40 125 plus three, is westbound by “Baltimore Brick”, approaching Rossville interlocking (... (more)
“Clear Signal: Poplar”CSX R171 (the former OBSS, Orange Blossom Special-South), with RF&P GP40 121 on point, is westbound approaching the Poplar intermediates at mp 82.5 on the CSX ... (more)
X373 is westbound on the Philly Sub passing the abandoned brick yard siding just east of Rossville.
Most spots on the Philly Sub were already in shadow, but a small pocket of light allowed this photo at Rossville.
