Climbing Charlton Hill
This was the third of three eastbound trains CSXT served up into the glorious morning Sun on this nice crisp New England morning and for this train I tried a new spot that I've never bothered with before that worked out nicely. M426 (daily Selkirk to Rigby Yard manifest) has a nice old school AC4400CW dressed in YN2 paint as it digs into the 1% climb up Charlton Hill east of CP60. They are about to pass under Cranberry Meadow Road about MP QB59.3 on modern day CSXT's Boston Sub, the former Boston and Albany Railroad mainline, and the top of the grade is about a mile and a half ahead.
Spencer, Massachusetts
Monday December 2, 2024
Climbing Charlton Hill
This was the third of three eastbound trains CSXT served up into the glorious morning Sun on this nice crisp New England morning and for this train I tried a new spot that I've never bothered with before that worked out nicely. M426 (daily Selkirk to Rigby Yard manifest) has a nice old school AC4400CW dressed in YN2 paint as it digs into the 1% climb up Charlton Hill east of CP60. They are about to pass under Cranberry Meadow Road about MP QB59.3 on modern day CSXT's Boston Sub, the former Boston and Albany Railroad mainline, and the top of the grade is about a mile and a half ahead.
Spencer, Massachusetts
Monday December 2, 2024