A YN2 AC44 leads a westbound mixed freight

Q385 pulls across Broadway with the "Spirit of Magnolia" leading.

The DL&W heritage unit and another NS motor lead Q385 down the Compromise Branch at Seneca Street.

CSX Q385 heads west on the CSX Cleveland Short Line Sub while in the background NS 558 waits for permission to proceed on the NS Chicago Line

Two EMD's and a GE smoke it up as they lead CSX manifest freight Q385 westbound through CP 85 at the west end of the yard in Erie, PA. A utility crew performs work on the power lines in the backgr... (more)

CSX mixed freight Q385 rolls through the farmlands of western New York with 4 locomotives upfront.

Locomotives:
CSX 5318 ES40DC
CSX 7886 C40-8W
CSX 68 AC44CW
CSX 2787 GP38-2

Q385 throttles back up after a brief stop in Erie with an SD40-3 on the point.

Locomotives:
CSX 4040 SD40-3
CSX 993 ES44AC
CSX 5355 ES40DC

CSX Q385 rests on Track 3 for the minor holiday shutdown.

Having to wait to enter the Collinwood Yard, CSX Q385 begins to slow down. This was most likely the last train to travel through Mentor in complete sunlight for at least the next week or two.

A CSX mixed freight splits the trilight signals at QD 63 in Ripley and heads west.

Locomotives:
CSX 292 AC44CW
CSX 7828 C40-8W
CSX 4411 GP40-2
CSX 8258 SD40-2

A mixed freight and a loaded ballast train wait at CP 434 in Buffalo, NY for clearance westbound.

Locomotives:
CSX 8746 SD60I
CSX 8514 SD50
CSX 436 AC44CW
CSX 8737 SD60I

Heading West through Voorheesville in the evening light, mixed freight Q385 is charging through town with all GE's pulling.

Q385 heads west through fonda in great light with a good old AC6000 leading, one of CSX's first ones ever.

Westbound manifest Q385 heads through town with a old GE C40-8 for a leader and some nice EMD trailing power.

A CSX manifest heads west behind a trio of hood units