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Not photoshopped. A loaded coal train from West Elk Mine rolls uphill into Thompson Springs, Utah as late afternoon thunderstorms subside and the setting sun imposes a double rainbow and magnificent storm light over the landscape. By nightfall, the coal train will assault the grades of Soldier Summit and I will continue my eastward trek home.
After a line of Summer thunderstorms moved through, a beautiful sunset appeared as CSX's specially painted GEVO 'Spirit of Our Armed Forces' 1776 leads Charlotte to Jacksonville intermodal train I037 through the Charlotte bedroom community of Matthews, NC. The fact that the engine was sporting a Leslie S5T horn made it all the better!
CSX mine run R251 eases through Logan, WV with loads from Emmett and will soon enter the yard at Peach Creek.
The CSXT 3194 (Spirit of Law Enforcement) leads Q693-25 southbound down the Clinchfield at Pigeon Roost on its maiden trip.
CSX M421 rolls along the Hudson River near Storm King State Park south of Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY. The locomotive consist includes an MP15DC sandwiched between two GEVOs.
CSXT 967 ES44AH
CSXT 1142 MP15DC
CSXT 929 ES44AH
Played my cards right and got out of bed early to head west back towards Lima. Got I016 and later P030 here at Lovers Leap. What an incredible spot.
Train: CSXT I016 with CSXT ???? (ES44AH)
CSXT Keystone Subdivision
Cumberland, Maryland
M693 splits the Calgon intermediates. These signals were cut over in December of 22. Though the Big Sandy was not our focus of the trip it was nice to take a small break off and see what it had to offer. Lots of new ideas for a return trip.
CSXT M693 with CSXT 993 (ES44AH), CSXT
On a typical gloomy morning in coal country, southbound CRR Mine Run C875-07 banks around the old tipple at Collco with 100 mtys for Alpha Met’s McClure No. 1 Mine & Prep Plant.
EN: A stacktrain lead by two CSX locos is running downhills Cajonpass.
DE: Ein von zwei CSX-Loks gezogener Containerzug rollt den Cajonpass abwärts in Richtung Los Angeles.
H801 shoves their 50 mtys under Coronado Coal’s ‘Greenbrier’ loadout after making the 32 mile trek from Meadow Creek. Soon the flood loading chute will move into position and engineer Hal Osborne will begin flood loading the head 20 cars before tying down for the night. ‘Plug Mode’ is used here alike many flood loaders all across Appalachia.
This met coal operation last loaded coal in early 2020 due to Covid. The coal that was loaded into this train has been sitting on the ground for almost a year; enough for this train and possibly one more this month. After the stockpile has been loaded the Anjean loadout will again sit idle indefinitely awaiting its fate.
CSX's Seaboard System Mullet Motor ES44AH 1982 was leading train I-031 as it rolled along an aging stone wall built by the Baltimore and Ohio in Mount Royal many many many years ago.
CSX's Mullet Series is starting to grow on me-it's something different out there to motivate me to actually head trackside on a Class One railroad.
The party is in the back!
After loading the last of their 50 cars at Coronado Coal’s Anjean loadout, veteran NF&G engineer Hal Osborne guides Rainelle Mine Run H801 off the 1.7% grade along Big Clear Creek in Anjean, West Virginia. He’ll pull down and pick his conductor up at the south end of Gumm Siding and be on their way to Rainelle. This section of 7 degree curve was washed out 5 years ago and rebuilt, and was done so reusing the original 1926 100 lb rail.
On a clear and brisk October morning in Chicagoland, CSX ET44AH 3296 pounds the diamonds at Blue Island Jct with eastbound manifest M647 (Clearing Yard/Chicago, IL - Rice Yard/Waycross, GA)
This angle offers a good view of 4 of the 5 bridges.
With eight tracks crossing Broadway Street, Blue Island Junction is described as one of the most fascinating rail-watching hotspots in the Midwest. Just south of five steel bridges that cross the Cal-Sag Channel, about 90 trains roll through the junction daily.
CSX Q216 splits the intermediates at Holton, IN.
Train: CSX Q216 with CSXT 3089 (ES44AH) and CSX 98 (AC4400CW).
CSX Indiana Subdivision
Holton, IN
CV Mine Run C255 pulls 75 Benedict Loads into the yard at Loyall, Kentucky and by L&N’s Baxter Tower on a sunny December afternoon. This is one of the last L&N tower in existence to my knowledge.
CSX ES44AC #3194 leads Nashville, TN - Hamlet, NC manifest train M583 through Emerson, GA on the W&A Subdivision.
Q010 is seen pulling south thru the bathtub in North Bergen along Conrail’s Northern Branch to make a set out at North Bergen.
CSX Q01011
CSXT ES44AH #3194 - “Spirit of Our Law Enforcement”
CSXT AC4400CW #541
CSXT CM44AC #7230 - DPU
Empty trash train Q702 is seen heading north across Popolopen Creek in Fort Montgomery as the Bear Mountain Bridge stands tall above.
CSX Q702
CSXT SD70AC #4808
CSXT SD70MAC #4525
CSXT ES44AH #927
CSXT C40-8 #7580
CSXT C40-8W #7825
CSXT C40-8W #7849
CSX ES44AH #3194 leads loaded coal train C334 south through the Georgia countryside at Rydal on its way to Plant Daniel near Moss Point, MS.
Engineer Kristopher Hazen brings Q693 south through the beautiful mountain community of Poplar, North Carolina with a pair of SD40's bracketing an ES44AH. CSX 8364 is former C&O 7505, and CSX 8486 started life as PRR SD45 6183, and was rebuilt into a SD40-2 by MK.
"Yellow Blade" ES44AH No. 8065 leads a Global 2 to Oakland Z-train through Echo Canyon the evening of May 8, 2021. The white-painted containers are mechanically refrigerated units with red-painted power units. Steaks anyone?
For the next week i’ll do throwback posts, no better day to start it off on then Throwback Thursday! Here’s a CSX CWR Train that was headed south to the RF&P. I staked out the shore along the Patapsco for this shot, really wish i did this angle for other trains.
Train: CSXT W018 with CSXT 837 (ES44AH), CSXT 8335 (SD40-2)
CSXT Capital Subdivision
Relay, Maryland
CSX train M583 (Nashville, TN - Rocky Mount, NC) works through Emerson, GA behind specially painted ES44AH #3194 in the 'Spirit of Law Enforcement' scheme.
CSX Q542 22 winds its way into the Kentucky Mountains heading North toward Cincinnati's Queensgate Yard. Autumnal colors are present among the hill and cliffs made of lime as the one by one manifest prepares to enter Sinks Tunnel.
A rerouted M514 (Waycross, GA - Nashville, TN) catches the last light of a short winters day at 'River Holdout' south of Cartersville, GA.
Running on trackage rights over the former Southern, CSX E090-13 (KL01-13) emerges from the north portal of Natural Tunnel with 90 empties from Tennessee Eastman in Kingsport. After negotiating Hagan’s Switchback, the train tied down in Glidden Siding and was loaded at Creech the next morning. Veteran conductor Jeff Sullivan throws a wave.
The CSX heritage units have caused quite a splash since their unveiling a few months ago. While I definitely agree the units would look better with a full paint scheme, it is still a treat to catch them. Yesterday, word came down that CSX 1982 - The Seaboard System unit would be leading I037 on home rails, I figured I would drag the flashes out & get a shot. Created in 1982 with the merger of the Seaboard Coast Line and the Louisville & Nashville railroads, the Seaboard System was the first step to combine all of the company’s heritage railroads into one. It's seen here, passing through downtown Matthews, NC with the aforementioned I037.
CSX M410-30 brings CSXT F40PH-2s 1 and 2 across CP Hack in Jersey City, NJ with a sizeable train in tow. Unknown where and why they are up this way (supposedly bound for Pan Am), but was neat to see.
Q217 blasts out of Carothers Tunnel in Paw Paw, West Virginia with ES44AH No. 3053. This train is traveling the former B&O on the magnolia cutoff.
Q403 shoves back into Bergen for work as light gets thin across the region. Quite the interesting part of town to say the least. The cops are especially nosey
CSXT Q403 with CSXT 8024 (SD40-2), CSXT 8842 (SD40-2), CSXT 3176 (ES44AH)
CSXT Bergen Subdivision
North Bergen, New Jersey
In what is probably the most photographed train on the east coast of 2021, Q410-14 pulls through Philadelphia, PA on the Pennsy High Line with ES44AH 911 and 3194 leading. All three units (911/3194/1776) were taken out of storage and placed onto Q410 as a rust busting run.
CSX's Conrail Heritage ES44AH-1976 is on the point of W/B train M-421 (Selkirk, NY to Rocky Mount, NC). Here, crossing West Bel Air Avenue, on CSX's Philly Sub.
I'm not a fan of taking photos from the side of a freeway, much less from a narrow interchange ramp between two freeways. But, the opportunity for a photo I've wanted for ages presented itself and I stopped, bailed out, got the shot, and quickly merged back into traffic. No harm done, and I achieved my goal! Yay. Union Pacific's MSCWC manifest freight begins it's long journey to SoCal, departing Salt Lake City at Grant Tower the afternoon of Jan. 21, 2018.
CSX R233 splits the signals at Perritt, the start of the double-track into Hazard, as they head back to Hazard Yard with one hopper.
Topping out at 3.8% and featuring curves as tight as 19.3 degrees, the Claypool Loops are a formidable opponent for NF&G Mine Run H801 as they muscle 50 mtys up the mountain for Anjean.
The CSX Spirit of Law Enforcement leads an empty ethanol train along the UP Geneva Subdivision at La Fox, IL. The cab signals being eliminated along the line have been nice for foreign power to lead.
CSX brought out their tribute fleet from storage seen here leading Q41014 past the Hopewell Station along the Trenton Line..
CSX Q41014
CSXT ES44AH #911 - “Spirit of First Responders”
CSXT ES44AH #3194 - “Spirit of Law Enforcement”
DPU
CSXT ES44AH #1776 - “Spirit of Armed Forces”
A very late Q197-07 negotiates the S-curve and finds a spot of sun in the tiny community of Robinson, GA. The Honoring Our Law Enforcement unit drew a large following of railfans as it led the train up CSX's Georgia Road between Augusta and Atlanta.
CSX grain train G650-12 heads south at milepost 94 of the Saginaw Subdivision in Romulus, MI. The cantilever signal here protects the north end of double track as well as the crossing of the NS Detroit District line.
Union Pacific ES44AH no. 8262 is one of six units that are currently helping hold back this West Elk Mine, Colo., to Blue Island, Ill., loaded coal train down the 2% grade in Coal Creek Canyon just west of Denver.
After sitting at CP-7 for a little bit for traffic below to clear up, Q01011 is seen crossing Overpeck Creek.
CSX Q01011
CSXT ES44AH #3194 - “Spirit of Our Law Enforcement”
CSXT AC4400CW #541
CSXT CM44AC #7230 - DPU