Jimmy Poling
The Rocket
CSX A794, nicknamed The Fernandina Rocket, heads north on the Jesup Subdivision with two SD40-2s and an SD40-3. Second is CSX SD40-2 8484, one of the last EMDs in YN2. All three motors were doing full track speed, each definitely in 8.
My friends and I had previously caught 8484 on A038 dropping ties a day or two prior to this. Somehow and someway, it got thrown onto A794 for this day only. Unfortunately it wasn't leading but this was still quite the treat nonetheless.
At the time of posting this, A794 no longer exists. I've heard rumors of it returning but so far they're just rumors. If I remember correctly, it wasn't too long after this trip that the train was abolished.
The Rocket
CSX A794, nicknamed The Fernandina Rocket, heads north on the Jesup Subdivision with two SD40-2s and an SD40-3. Second is CSX SD40-2 8484, one of the last EMDs in YN2. All three motors were doing full track speed, each definitely in 8.
My friends and I had previously caught 8484 on A038 dropping ties a day or two prior to this. Somehow and someway, it got thrown onto A794 for this day only. Unfortunately it wasn't leading but this was still quite the treat nonetheless.
At the time of posting this, A794 no longer exists. I've heard rumors of it returning but so far they're just rumors. If I remember correctly, it wasn't too long after this trip that the train was abolished.