Spring is in the air and the sky as i162 enters Blue Cut.
"End of the day" For the crew of Q222-13, that would indeed be the case as they bring the train into Manchester yard to swap out with a Lineville Sub crew to take it westbound towards Lo... (more)
CSX Q56003 (CSX Queensgate Cincinnati, OH- Selkirk, NY)in Lyons, NY with fresh from the Huntington, WV 4541 EMD SD70AC rebuild.
CSX SD70MAC 4541, leading a westbound intermodal, splits the signals at CP-215 in Little Falls.
Almost to its final destination of Rocky Mount, manifest Q302 cruises south across the bridge in Weldon, North Carolina on a humid August afternoon with a trio of the more rare variety of SD70AC's... (more)
J784 ascends the grade over the Great Miami Trestle WB toward Connersville.
CSX J784 flies by Rockford as it crests the Hamilton Hill
With two southbounds out of the way, the K736 sand train splits the signals at Macon siding as it accelerates with 50 loads of sand in tow. But before this train can enjoy a fast running speed more)
52 cars of sand make up today’s K736 as heads north through the city of Opelika passing the remains of a former Western Railway of Alabama coaling tower that presently resides here.
After bagging Y121 over on the Hamilton Spur, headed southwest out to 138th (not 140th in caption) to get Q335. 335 lately has been 150+ cars from Toledo to Grand Rapids. They dump off all the G... (more)
ACL only bought one SDP and this was it. It became SCL, then L&N, then SBD and wound up switching the yard in the coal country. How I would love to see a shot of this one in the glory days, hand... (more)
A clear signal stares down the approaching headlight of K185 as a pair of red-eyed dwarfs keep an eye on the nighttime scene.
This MAC rolls to a stop in the low yard just before the switches are thrown.
In the tight confines of the Breaks Gorge, its possible to get a ringside seat to watch the pusher action with a little time and effort.