CSX K636 is about to duck under Bayview Avenue in Jersey City on Conrail's Nat'l Docks Secondary with an SD40-3 with special nose paint from use on past Clinchfield Santa Trains.
A colorful lashup today pulls the K636 to Selkirk. Leading is the BNSF 4653, the trailers are CP 5957 & DME 6359 the "Mount Rushmore" unit.
A colorful consist rolls east through Pine Junction with ethanol loads.
From what my friend Jack Jakeman and I figured out is the crew on this K636 was an all around friendly crew. It's hard to tell in the picture here but the engineer is actually flexing his arm and ... (more)
Just minutes before clouds took over for the remainder of the day, CP 5750 and IC&E 6431 are now running as CSX symbol K636, as they depart Barr Yard after a speedy crew change.
A nice set of ICE power leads an EB loaded ethanol train out of the Mohawk Valley. The "City of Hartley" leader is the former CP 5670, blt 5-1973 and was NREX 5670 before going to ICE in 2006. Tra... (more)
