Teamwork
New York, Susquehanna and Western local freight UT-1 with GP40 3040 (EMD blt. May 1970 as AWP 732) had just finished up their work for the day and was about to go park their engine and tie up when CSXT Q364 showed up. The Avon Yard (Indianapolis) to Selkirk manifest had one boxcar for Oneida Warehouse (interestingling the customer located on the ex O&W trackage) so the NYSW crew graciously stayed around to assist. It was a pleasure to see the rare display of Class 1/shortline teamwork as the two crews had a quick job briefing and then the NYSW crew performed the cut on Q364 while the CSXT stayed on the head end to like the switches off the Mohawk Sub (ex NYC) main down into the NYSW (ex DLW) yard. Then the CSXT crew shoved down to a count and set their car right on to the waiting NYSW geep so that they didn't have to tie it down and could quickly cut away and get back to their train and headed east. Then the Susquehanna crew took the car down the lead by their office to be ready to go first thing the next morning.
And quite the bonus on this train amid the sea of Gevos that dominate these days was a pair of EMDs on the point of the big manifest. CSXT 8801 is an SD40-2 that is right at home here having been blt. Jun. 1977 as CR 6370 and 4550 is an SD70MAC blt. Dec. 1999 as CSXT 750.
Utica, New York
Thursday October 28, 2021
Teamwork
New York, Susquehanna and Western local freight UT-1 with GP40 3040 (EMD blt. May 1970 as AWP 732) had just finished up their work for the day and was about to go park their engine and tie up when CSXT Q364 showed up. The Avon Yard (Indianapolis) to Selkirk manifest had one boxcar for Oneida Warehouse (interestingling the customer located on the ex O&W trackage) so the NYSW crew graciously stayed around to assist. It was a pleasure to see the rare display of Class 1/shortline teamwork as the two crews had a quick job briefing and then the NYSW crew performed the cut on Q364 while the CSXT stayed on the head end to like the switches off the Mohawk Sub (ex NYC) main down into the NYSW (ex DLW) yard. Then the CSXT crew shoved down to a count and set their car right on to the waiting NYSW geep so that they didn't have to tie it down and could quickly cut away and get back to their train and headed east. Then the Susquehanna crew took the car down the lead by their office to be ready to go first thing the next morning.
And quite the bonus on this train amid the sea of Gevos that dominate these days was a pair of EMDs on the point of the big manifest. CSXT 8801 is an SD40-2 that is right at home here having been blt. Jun. 1977 as CR 6370 and 4550 is an SD70MAC blt. Dec. 1999 as CSXT 750.
Utica, New York
Thursday October 28, 2021