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The first major snow of the year fills the air in Harborcreek, Pennsylvania as CSX I010 breaks the night's winter silence and speeds east. Leading the way are CSX 4578 and 4577, a pair of freshly rebuilt SD70MACe's completed at CSX's Huntington Shops.
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CSX Erie West Sub
Harborcreek, PA
CSX I010-20 (Intermodal; Bedford Park, IL to Port Newark, NJ)
CSX 4878 SD70MACe Ex. CSX 4578 SD70MAC, CSX 778, CR 4133 Blt. 1998
CSX 4577 SD70MACe Ex. CSX 4577 SD70MAC, CSX 777, CR 4132 Blt. 1998
CSX repainted SD70MACe # 4568 into an anniversary scheme for the 50th year of Operation Livesaver. Here we see it leading M364-15 across French's Hollow in Fullers, NY.
BNSF Manifest H-SPOLAU1-02A rumbles through Lombard Canyon along the Missouri River in the morning light. An EMD SD70MACe, BNSF 9718, leads the train of mostly auto racks East toward its destination of Laurel, Montana.
A hot April afternoon finds manifest NS 126 making its way over the New River in Radford, VA with a BNSD SD70MACe in the lead on the Pulaski district. This photo was taken from a railfan platform that was built by Virginia Tech students.
4-5-2023
CSX 4528 makes decent time on its run to Cincinnati while passing by the former B&O CPLs at N.E. Troy with Q507 in tow.
An SD70MACe rebuild still sporting primer patches along with a regular SD70MAC bring "Run 402" down Main Track 1 of the UP KC Metro Sub at St. Louis Ave. with a transfer from the Joint Agency KCS-CP Knoche Yard en route to UP's 18th St. Yard. 3/25/23.
On Sunday night, I got to spend some time up on the St. Joe Sub after a concert in Atchison, and eventually ended up chasing a Siemens generator north a ways ( flic.kr/p/2nTCLCn ). The special went in the hole at Leavenworth, but I figured that I'd photograph whatever was coming at us, and sure enough, it was this rather nice looking BNSF SD70MACe on the C-EBMMLM2 88A.
This is the BNSF 9728, a 1996-built SD70MAC that was delivered in the post-merger Grinstein Green colors with BNSF hood letters. Around 2016, this unit was rebuilt with new electronics and traction motors, rebranded as an SD70MACe, and repainted in BNSF's Wedge scheme.
CSX B728 rolls by Wellsboro in Union Mills Indiana with their new Operation Lifesaver SD70MACe in the lead on the CSX Garrett Subdivision
BNSF 9730 and 798 lead a loaded sand train from Eola, IL bound for Speer, WY heads westbound on BNSF’s Brush subdivision.
CSX I010-20 rounds the curve north of CP-5 at Ridgefield Park, NJ, on the River Sub with a pair of fresh, backwards sequentially numbered SD70MACe rebuilds. NYS&W WS-2 runs lite into MC Yard in the background with SD40-2 #3024.
BNSF 9729 and 9675 struggle to pull a coal load upgrade past Plum Creek Pkwy through Castle Rock, Colorado.
A rebuilt CSX SD70MAC leads a loaded coal train across CP 502 into Lakefront Yard where it will be delivered to Cleveland-Cliffs.
BNSF SD70MACe No. 9730 leads a 124 car loaded coal train passing the outskirts of Castle Rock, Colorado
Tunnel #7, scared, stained, and sans a concrete portal reveal its venerable steam era history in the morning sun along the Moffat Road. #9771 an EMD SD70MACe, another veteran in modern times handles the HPVODEN1 handily through the tunnel district with some GE friends high above Boulder County on Eldorado Mountain. To the north, South Boulder Peak is prominent in the distance here on the Flatiron Range.
CSX X601 climbs the hill at Jamestown on the Fitzgerald Subdivision with SD70MACe (SD70AC) 4525 leading the train north out of Waycross.
Interestingly enough, CSX had a derailment here just this morning (June 29th, 2022) which put 19 cars and one locomotive on the ground.
BNSF C NAMOPP 003A, with BNSF 9728 & 9680 in the lead, eases 129 loads for Plum Point Energy down to a crawl as they prepare to take the siding at East West Alton to meet an empty Ethanol train. The SD70MACe & MAC duo sounded good as they accelerated up the approach to the Missouri River Bridge.
Thanks to JB for the heads up on this one.
A solid pair of SD70s lead the C-WTMAMH0 54A cutting through Keenesburg, Colorado heading west towards Denver.
An SD70MACe is on the point of a loaded coal train as it gets underway for the climb up Bozeman Pass. Visible in Livingston Yard is the LM, which is in the process of set off the MRL 118 for the shops.
I137 heads west past downtown Pittsburgh. The train spent many hours in Cumberland and Connelsville, making this normally early morning train a mid-day run. Super happy with how this came out!
Train: CSXT I137 with CSXT 4568 (SD70MACE)
CSXT Pittsburgh Sub
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A solo rebuilt SD70MAC leads slop freight M582-05 north into Cartersville, GA on a gorgeous summer evening. Work to build new warehouses is underway here, so getting this building-less shot was a necessity before nasty aluminum boxes fornicate the background.
CSX Operation Lifesaver SD70MACe 4568 is on the point of M692 as they sit in front of the Waycross Depot getting ready to depart Rice yard and begin their Journey to Russell, KY.
BNSF 9716 leads a loaded coal train charging out of Littleton, Colorado as two empty coal trains can be seen which are tied down.
CSX 4528 hauls a lengthy, heavy Q507 over the summit of the Toledo Sub at Botkins, OH bound for Cincinnati.
CSX R615's DPU, SD70MACe 4534, splits the signals at South Pineville on the L&N Cumberland Valley. This train is bound for Creech, and will be going to TVA Edgemoor.
15 BNSF SD70MAC's stored at East Thomas Yard, BNSF are eventually rebuilding all of these to SD70MACe's, my 1st photo that made explore, I got explored
BNSF 9753 leads more loaded coal through the small town of Louviers, CO heading southbound on Christmas Eve.
Just a week old after a rebuild at CSX's Huntington Heavy Repair Shops and wearing a new scheme to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Operation Lifesaver, CSX SD70MACe 4568 leads manifest M316 as it departs from Russell, Kentucky. The morning sun catches the perfect break in the otherwise stormy skies as the train rolls past what was once the site of AK Steel's Ashland works, though the site has been nearly completely demolished. In the background stands the Oakley C. Collins Memorial Bridge that spans the Ohio River between Russell and Ironton.
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CSX Kanawha Sub
Russell, KY
CSX M316-24 (Manifest; Cincinnati, OH to Cumberland, MD)
CSX 4568 SD70MACe Ex. CSX 4568 SD70MAC, CSX 768 Blt. 2000
CSX 3184 ES44AC Blt. 2015
BNSF 9750 is on the auxiliary track at Spruce, CO late in the day.
BNSF likes to park a just-in-case locomotive here in case one of their trains fails to make it up the grade between Denver and Palmer Lake.
Seeing as how there are only 20-something of these rebuilt MACes on the roster, this was a must-shoot sighting.
And for those curious, that's Nemrick Butte in the background beyond Interstate 25. I had to look it up...I didn't know what it was called.
A CSX SD70MAC rebuild leads a loaded coal train into Lakefront Yard behind the former Inland Steel Indiana Harbor Works, now operated by Cleveland Cliffs. The former Inland Steel offices can be seen on the top left.
BNSF 9769 pulls a southbound coal train up the grade and through the open spaces near Spruce, CO at the site of the former mainline crossovers.
Amongst the general quietness on this Sunday morning, Northtown released a couple of eastbounds. The first was this 1 x 1 with the proper "one" on the point, that being a 70MACe. They are traversing the plant at Seventh Street with a clear shot to Prescott and down the river.
I feel like I should start calling this bridge the MACe bridge with how many of my shots are from here.
There isn't any big story from yesterday about this. I had heard that this MACe duo was in the yard, and having a bit of time between a photoshoot and meeting up for a friend's birthday, I decided to head to the west end to see if he'd move. Well, as soon as I parked, he started rolling, so I headed to Pleasant Dale to wait.
If you remember my story from last weekend, you'll know that I got screwed over the last time I was here, and with scattered clouds in the sky, I knew I was taking a gamble. However, with the sun how it was, I knew I'd rather chance the shot here than to shoot him at Emerald. Unlike the last attempt, however, they kept him moving and it wasn't too long before his headlights came into view, just as the sun cleared from behind the last cloud for a little bit.
I would have preferred to get more of a broadside with the matching units, but beggars can't be choosers, and I walked away happy either way.
BNSF SD70MACe 9728 leads a coal empty westbound on the Ravenna Subdivision outside Pleasant Dale, Nebraska, April 29, 2023.
BNSF 9769 and an ACe are grinding up the grade through Larkspur, CO with a southbound coal train.
Imagine if all the MACs on BNSF's roster looked like this. Or better yet...in H4 like the SD75s!
Northtown-Minot heads west into Becker on a near-perfect summer afternoon.
It was about 9 months ago I had a couple opportunities to shoot the 9749 leading Becker coal trains, and with some luck I capitalized.
Now, the 9749, a MAC rebuilt into a MACe, is in mixed freight service with another AC EMD.
Of course, no train photography outing with Todd would be complete without some cloud drama! As you can see, it worked out wonderfully!
H-NTWMIN1-20A
BNSF 9749 - SD70MACe
BNSF 9123 - SD70ACe
With an SD70 rebuild leading three GE's, CSX auto train M277 passes by the trilight signal at mile 59 and rolls along a small pond at a farm in Shiloh, Ohio. This train is heading down the Mount Victory Subdivision, after coming west on the New Castle Subdivision and turning at Greenwich.
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CSX Mount Victory Subdivision
Shiloh, OH
CSX M277-03 (Auto Empties; Curtis Bay Yard - Baltimore, MD to Osborn Yard - Louisville, KY)
CSX 4737 SD70MACe Ex. CSX 4737 SD70MAC Blt. 2003
CSX 7225 AC44CM Ex. CSX 209 AC44CW Blt. 1996
CSX 3002 ES44AC Blt. 2012
CSX 771 ES44AC Blt. 2007
KCS 3919 leads GPS-07 through Maple Springs. With CPKC's large ET44AC order in the process of being delivered, who knows what the future holds for the KCS SD70MACes.
On a hot July day, CP 680 heads east past MP 99 on the Chicago Subdivision with a BNSF SD70MACe leading.
BNSF 9718 leads an empty coal drag on the Ottuwma Subdivision thru Cameron, IL under the Chillicothe Subdivision back in June of 2017.
Spring greens are making an appearance in Wytheville, VA as manifest NS 126 throttles up with a BNSF EMD SD70MACe in charge along the Pulaski district.
4-5-2023
BNSF 9769 leads a southbound coal train up Main 1 as it approaches Tomah Rd. on the outskirts of Castle Rock, CO.
After passing up the previous two trains, I unexpectedly stumbled onto this one, and this is what I spent chasing the rest of the morning down to the Air Force Academy.
Why? Because I've been trying to catch a MACe on the point since they first came out several years ago. With only 20-something of them on the roster, I figured my chances were pretty slim. Now, granted, they have been showing up more frequently on the Joint Line lately, but it was nice to actually catch one up front.
The H3 paint scheme is interesting on these as it seems to be a lighter shade than the other H3 units and lighter than the H4 on the SD75s...not sure why. Regardless, it's something different and was something worth getting geek'd over!
Also, the entire train is in the shot. It's hard to see, but you can barely make out the heat shimmies of the DPUs on that ridge in the background.
Fresh out of the CSX Huntington SD70MACe rebuild program, CSX 4714 leads manifest freight M692 as it heads north on the Big Sandy Subdivision. The train is passing the C&O signals at the Marrowbone control point in Marrowbone, Kentucky as it heads towards Shelby Yard for a recrew.
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CSX Big Sandy Subdivision
Marrowbone, KY
CSX M692-20 (Manifest; Waycross, GA to Russell, KY)
CSX 4714 SD70MACe Ex. CSX 4714 SD70MAC Blt. 2003
CSX 5342 ES40DC Ex. CSX 5342 ES44DC Blt. 2006