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The recent weather has definitely created its share of problems for the railroads in the area, and CSX has been no exception. Here a late Q328 heads east from Grand Rapids at 36th St in Kentwood. CW44AC #15 is pulling hard as it is lugging the weight of 2 dead ES40DCs in addition to the 70 cars behind it. This train normally leaves town well before sunrise, so it was a neat catch!
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On August 20, 2025, the B&O Color Position Lights were taken offline and removed from the portion of the Indiana Subdivison between Middle Butlerville and WE Milan. The remaining stretch with active CPLs is slated for cutover by the end of the year. While I didn’t get an opportunity to go down for the finale, I am grateful for what pictures I have. Taken in May 2025, a pair of ES40DCs lead L452 past the Williams Lake intermediates.
CSX Q311 flys over the crossover at CP 163 in Sidney, Ohio. A duo of ES40DCs leads the way as the train flys through the vast countryside of western Ohio, headed for Avon yard in Indianapolis, in some beautiful late evening light.
An eastbound manifest, likely the Q401, crosses the Potomac River from Maryland back into West Virginia at Magnolia on CSXT's Cumberland Subdivision, September 21, 2003. This was three days after tropical storm Isabel had stalled and then finally broke up over the region wreaking havoc along the way including flooding the Potomac.
Former Conrail SD60I #8746 leads the charge. With the locomotive being equipped with cab signals, the train will be heading for Richmond VA using the RF&P Subdivision south of Washington DC. The RF&P Sub is cab signal equipped meaning that all trains must be led by a cab signal equipped unit. The former Conrail units acquired in the split merger with Norfolk Southern fit the bill nicely and would be found on almost every train that was headed to or from Richmond over the RF&P. CSXT's AC6000 locomotives were the first new units ordered with cab signal equipment and could also be found in the lead on these trains. Within a few years of this photograph new General Electric GEVOs in the form of ES44DCs (later re-classed as ES40DCs) would join the cab signal equipped fleet eventually bumping the Conrail units to lesser service. Eventually the SD60Is would be sold off after even newer GEVOs were acquired which were ES44AHs with AC traction and extra ballast for tractive effort.
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On a beautiful May afternoon, a pair of CSX ES40DCs are on the point of empty rock job B43706 as they rumble west through Augusta. The train is bound for Mt. Vernon, KY.
CSX ES40DCs 5348 and 5285 lead GTW GP38-2 4921 and a freight out of CN's Kirk Yard At Gary IN Mar 30 2018.
A pair of SD70ACes running as N11 with a train of empties pass the intermediates at 33.1 as they head south down the Mon Line. At left is the parked N23 with a pair of ES40DCs.
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A pair of ES40DCs (CSXT 5226 & CSXT 5281) lead autorack train CSXT I142 north past Nashville Union Station. In the foreground are some vintage ballast cars, a couple of which still sport Chessie System logos.
Passing an iconic Mail Pouch barn, CSX ES40DCs 5391 & 5326, with CW44ACs 275 & ???, are leading a W/B manifest freight on the Ohio River Sub. They're creeping along in the 6100 foot Ben Lomond siding, where they will hold for an E/B approaching ahead in Apple Grove.
With a trio of ES40DCs on the point, Q326 rolls through the control point of Waverly, at the east end of Waverly yard in Holland. Hard to believe I shot the first DC Gevos when they were brand new on CSX!
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Q329 rolls past milepost CH 148 behind a pair of ES40DCs. The trailing SD40-3 and CN SD75I were picked up at Ensel yard in Lansing. The CN unit is one of several SD70 types that have been receiving overhauls at Peaker Services in Brighton, MI.
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A pair of ES40DCs take L241 by Jamestown Baptist Church on the southern end of the Fitzgerald Subdivision.
I remember seeing a post about this sign in some Facebook groups before this trip and thought it was pretty funny and it would be cool to catch a train by it. Little did I know, it was in Jamestown, GA just outside of Waycross which was exactly where I would take a trip to with a friend of mine. We made sure we got a photo of at least one train by the sign and shortly after our trip it was changed.
CSX O82329 sets off with an ordinary lashup towards Tampa, two ES40DCs. Nonetheless the ex-ACL Manatee River drawspan is a beautiful place to watch the train go on by. A couple of pleasure boats wait for the slow-moving bridge to clear before proceeding. The empties are presumably from a packaging wing at the giant Tropicana plant, while the rest of the train is loads for Kearny, NJ.
A pair of ES40DCs muscles Q329 up the hill at Fox. The evening sun was a bit filtered by some high clouds, but I figured shooting a westbound near sunset (a rarity here, these days) was worth going out for.
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CSX O722-27 sets off for the Lehigh Spur, passing North River Drive and NAS Miami Canal with two ES40DCs pulling. The sign towards the right of the picture might serve as a teaser for what would shape most of the day. This Miami railroad scene is bread and butter for the likes of yours truly.
CSX Detroit to Grand Rapids L302-21 heads west under the cantilver signal bridge near milepost 40 of the Plymouth Sub. Pulling the 52 cars this evening is a pair of ES40DCs: 5327 and 5453.
A CSX Wet Rock photosphate train heads east by the Seaboard style signals on Bone Valley Subdivision east of Mulberry, FL.
I can't remember if this train was empty or loaded but it was likely destined for Ridgewood or Fort Meade. Catching trains in the valley has become gradually harder over the last few years. The classic EMDs that once roamed the valley have been replaced by widecab GE ES40DCs and the frequency of trains has dropped significantly. Despite these hardships for railfans, sometimes things work out and on this morning, they did.
CSX ES40DCs 5499 and 5379 lead Herzog train W0886 past the Seaboard Air Line depot and Gainesville Midland #208 in downtown Winder, GA on a hot summer afternoon. While the Midland no longer runs to Winder, CSX keeps the SAL and Gainesville Midland as busy as traffic will allow in the current economy.
CSX Q301-21 stretches between TL and Woodbourne as they head west with a huge train led by a pair of ES40DCs, with a pick-up awaiting them in the yard. May 21, 2016.
For the second time in as many days, I catch 224 at Robertson, this time heading out of the siding after meeting 285, which can be seen in the distance on the main.
-NS ES40DCs #7541, #7575 leading power
-NS Train #224
-NS (ex-Wabash) St. Louis District, CP S16.9 Robertson
-Missouri Bottom Road Overpass, Bridgeton, MO
-April 19, 2017
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CSX E/B Q-034, with ES40DCs-5478 & 5354 providing the horses, is crossing the Little Gunpowder Falls on the Philly Sub.
The frame cars up front on 224 make for an interesting perspective as the train snakes through (under the careful had of a friendly engineer) the switch out of the siding at Robertson.
-NS ES40DCs #7541, #7575 leading power
-NS Train #224
-NS (ex-Wabash) St. Louis District, CP S16.9 Robertson
-Missouri Bottom Road Overpass, Bridgeton, MO
-April 19, 2017
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Within the recent months, the Hanover Sub seems to have been peeled from a lot of the things that made it so interesting.
One of the higher-ups has pushed out all EMD power, and will only let GE's lead on the line, and seems to have a favor towards ES40DCs. In the past three months, there has been a total of 6 non ES40DC/AH leaders. Today granted one of those opportunities, As L137, shot here at Potomac, is lead by two Dash 8 locomotives.
I followed 224 out to St. Charles County where I got set up by the signal at MP 26.7 and I get a *big* wave from a friendly Engineer as the train heads west at track speed.
-NS ES40DCs #7541, 7575 leading power
-NS Train #224
-NS (ex-Wabash) St. Louis District, MP 26.7
-Along Elm Point Rd, St. Charles, MO
-April 19, 2017
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CSX Q740-03 was running a tad behind schedule as they blasted eastbound at Edgewood Road in Yardley behind a pair of ES40DCs. August 5, 2016.
CSX Detroit-Grand Rapids L302-15 with 91 cars heads out of the Doan Creek sag and past the searchlight signal at the East End Williamston Siding. Power this evening is a pair of GE ES40DCs: 5460 with an off-center [Boxcar] logo and 5447.
I followed 224 out to St. Charles County where I got set up by the signal at MP 26.7 and I get a *big* wave from a friendly Engineer as the train heads west at track speed.
-NS ES40DCs #7541, 7575 leading power
-NS Train #224
-NS (ex-Wabash) St. Louis District, MP 26.7
-Along Elm Point Rd, St. Charles, MO
-April 19, 2017
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M326 has just cut away from its train in E02 and will now head down to the Sunnyside Wye to turn the engines for tomorrow's M327. In the distance, L303's pair of ES40DCs backs down the Old Even toward their train.
With a friendly engineer at the throttle, I receive a few acknowledgement toots as the head end power starts into the siding and past the Eastbound/End of Siding signals at CP Ferguson.
Side Note: that leading GEVO has apparently gone through some adversity based on the state of the paint job on the nose.
The pile of ties on the edge of the photo gives evidence of the serious maintenance work that has been on-going on the line this Spring.
-NS ES40DCs #7541, 7575 leading power
-NS Train #224
-NS (ex-Wabash) St. Louis District, CP S12.5 Ferguson
-Along N Clark Ave, Ferguson, MO
-April 19, 2017
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CSX Q409 works their way westbound through Woodbourne with a big mixed freight, led by a pair of ES40DCs and a CW44AC.
After stopping for a sandwich a the newly re-opened Whistle Stop Cafe, housed in the former Wabash Depot in Ferguson (visible on the right) I observed the signal lined for westbound movement into the siding.
A friendly engineer gives some toots as NS 224 passes the patrons at the Cafe and starts to head into the siding.
Unfortunately, the Japanese Honeysuckle which has completely taken over the Midwest in the last couple decades has already grown up this spring blocking out most of the view of the Depot.
-NS ES40DCs #7541, 7575 leading power
-NS Train #224
-NS (ex-Wabash) St. Louis District, CP S12.5 Ferguson
-Whistle Stop Cafe/Former Wabash Ferguson Depot
-Along N Clark Ave, Ferguson, MO
-April 19, 2017
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In this view from the Northport Road overpass (I shot six trains from here) ES40DCs-5501 & 5421 are leading. They've just passed the W/B Hobbs signals on track one of CSX's Cumberland Sub.
CSX Q300-08 rushes east after Q158 with a pair of ES40DCs and a consist of mostly trash empties for OI. March 9, 2019.
Viewed from Summit Ave., CSXT train I003 (South Kearny, NJ to Bedford Park, IL hotshot intermodal) is led by a nearly three decade old AC4400CW and a pair of decade younger ES40DCs that seem to be floating over the rooftops as they sail northbound over the massive 1222 ft long trestle crossing high above Catskill Creek. Located at about MP 110.3 on modern day CSXT's busy River Sub mainline, the once double tracked trestle was built by the West Shore Railroad (a wholly owned subsidiary of the New York Central System) in 1902. Spanning US Route 9W, the creek and Main Street, it replaced an iron structure dating from around 1883 when the route was opened by predecessor New York, West Shore and Buffalo.
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Saturday March 1, 2025
CSX ES40DCs 5391 & 5326, with CW44ACs 275 & ???, are leading a W/B manifest freight on the Ohio River Sub. Here, crossing Crab Creek.
Q410-23 follows closely behind Q418 as they head east through TL in an equally tough lighting situation. A trio of ES40DCs and a CW44AH were working hard to pull the big train. November 26, 2016.
A pair of ES40DCs led by No. 5300 wheel an eastbound freight through the interlocking at Deshler, on September 4, 2015.