Empty auto train Q220 cruises north after a recent snowfall

CSX Q220 approaches Valdosta heading west into golden sunlight.

CSX 4566 leads Q220 out of the river bottom at Naylor as they head west into the setting sunlight on the Bowline.

CSX Q220 departs Manchester yard with a fresh crew, as Q203 swaps out on a busy spring afternoon.

When key components on freight cars fail and the subsequent repairs can’t be made at the location said car is set out, then you got to improvise a temporary solution to get the car running again... (more)

Q220 comes through Auburn and passes the former depot that now serves as a restaurant.

A pair of YN2 painted AC4400 models bring a Q220 auto rack train into Opelika as seen from the 6th Street Bridge. The short 4300 foot train is only made up of 45 auto racks this morning as it hea... (more)

It’s nearly Christmas time and the city of Opelika has just finished decorating their public tree as the southbound Q220 comes into town with over 9300 feet of train. Perhaps one of the new Kia... (more)

Lite power in the form of Union Pacific units, with a very weather beaten one up front, head south after dropping off their train of empty auto racks at the Kia plant in West Point.

On a clear Sunday morning, a pair of CSX locomotives round the curve in to Opelika pulling a lengthy 11,223 foot Q220 with comprised with 117 loaded and empty auto racks. Above the train is the n... (more)

Q220 heads north on the CSX Fitzgerald Subdivision on its way to AL through Jamestown, Ga and across a old all wooden trestle in Jamestown.

Today's Q220 is a hefty one with 97 cars of brand new Kia and Hyundai automobiles being gracefully brought into the former WofA Chester yard on the "Old Main" track. The conductor gives... (more)

A pair of Tier 4 Gevos pull an early morning Q220 south down the hill into Chehaw with 86 auto racks full of Kia/Hyundai automobiles. The train has been encountering Red signals since the South E... (more)

Lite power in the form of foreign Norfolk Southern units return to Opelika after having dropped off their train of empty auto racks at the Kia automobile assembly plant in West Point, GA earlier i... (more)

Tonight's Q220 consist is quite a sight to behold. Whether it be the classic SD50-3 unit or the recently repainted UP AC4400, either one would look great at the front of this 62 car auto rack tra... (more)