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Prince Charming

Rain clouds obstruct a sun that has just peeked atop the horizon as an X-ONECSX4 29A gives the sleepy town of Princeton an early morning wake-up call as its unit consist of 94 company and fallen flag covered hoppers mad dash it east over the BNSF toward Chicago through on-going bouts of summer precipitation. CSXT #4555, class of '22 graduate from the railroad's Huntington, W.Va EMD SD70AC rebuild program, gets driving privileges on this "Bone Valley" Florida bound empty fertilizer train operating out of Oakland, NE, sharing a spotlight next to the city's perfectly kept up former CB&Q Amtrak station. Upon departure from Galesburg, this train would only have to pump the brakes once for a brief pause at Aurora before continuing on to its interchange, making quick work of both the Mendota and Chicago Subdivisions.

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Uploaded on November 4, 2024
Taken on July 1, 2023