Q042 soars above the Etowah River as it approaches Cartersville on the W&A Subdivision.
After stopping for a southbound to clear, this northbound stack train quickly gets rolling again, at the CSX/NS diamond near downtown Knoxville.
A pair of YN2 AC4400CWs lead northbound intermodal Q042 up the Western & Atlantic Subdivision. Here, they are seen crossing the Etowah River, just north of Emerson.
Q042 glides up the main in Fairburn, Ga. with [..CSX..] CW44AC 542 in charge as local job A742 prepares to tie down their ailing HLCX ex ICE nee SP GP40-2. The HLCX 4210 has suffered a failing air... (more)
EMD SD70ACe demonstrators 1205 & 1204 lead northbound container train Q042 at Jacksboro, TN on a rainy early spring afternoon en route to Corbin and eventually Cincinnati.
Q042 ducks under the Oakland Junction signals as MARTA flys by overhead. I got lucky that the dispatcher had routed the train via the A&WP rather than the normal Manchester route.
Two AC44CW's bring Tropicana/intermodal train Q042 through Emerson. When I was growing up, my dad would take my brother and I to Smyrna,GA to see Q142 & Q141 back to back every Sunday morning. Bot... (more)