The Real Terminator
you kill me
The CSX New Rock Sub is one of my favorite operations I've ever shot. Sure, this little corner of the CSX system isn't all that big size-wise, and the guys that run the operation are among the least friendly you'll ever come across, but it is an amazing piece of railroad from an operating standpoint. EVERYTHING along this railroad is old school, governed completely by track warrants, not a single electronic switch to be found, the list goes on.
One of several regular trains along the line is the Seneca-based industry switcher, L395 (or J744, as it was called up until a few months ago), which works the massive amount of industry in and around the small town of Seneca, IL. Seneca itself is a neat place, and has a small museum with a nicely preserved Rock Island depot, and not-so-nice Rock Island caboose, which I'm standing in to take this shot. Both doors are gone, as are most of the windows and the trucks it once sat on. Vandals have (very unsurprisingly) destroyed the interior too, and while I hate to see a piece of history in such disarray, it is a grungy dream from a photographer's eye.
The Seneca switcher is actually shoving here, heading for Nutrien's phosphate plant between here and Marseilles. Road power always rocks (no pun intended) on this section of the former Rock Island, and today was no exception with a former Seaboard Coast Line GP38-2, still rocking (no pun intended once again) it's nose light.
I'd follow these guys, as well as several other locals along the railroad for the rest of the day. Will more come of this? If I can get edits I'm happy with!
Stay tuned...
you kill me
The CSX New Rock Sub is one of my favorite operations I've ever shot. Sure, this little corner of the CSX system isn't all that big size-wise, and the guys that run the operation are among the least friendly you'll ever come across, but it is an amazing piece of railroad from an operating standpoint. EVERYTHING along this railroad is old school, governed completely by track warrants, not a single electronic switch to be found, the list goes on.
One of several regular trains along the line is the Seneca-based industry switcher, L395 (or J744, as it was called up until a few months ago), which works the massive amount of industry in and around the small town of Seneca, IL. Seneca itself is a neat place, and has a small museum with a nicely preserved Rock Island depot, and not-so-nice Rock Island caboose, which I'm standing in to take this shot. Both doors are gone, as are most of the windows and the trucks it once sat on. Vandals have (very unsurprisingly) destroyed the interior too, and while I hate to see a piece of history in such disarray, it is a grungy dream from a photographer's eye.
The Seneca switcher is actually shoving here, heading for Nutrien's phosphate plant between here and Marseilles. Road power always rocks (no pun intended) on this section of the former Rock Island, and today was no exception with a former Seaboard Coast Line GP38-2, still rocking (no pun intended once again) it's nose light.
I'd follow these guys, as well as several other locals along the railroad for the rest of the day. Will more come of this? If I can get edits I'm happy with!
Stay tuned...