Afton Afternoons: CSXT 452, sporting YN2 colors, leads empty coal train CSX B410 westbound along the Buckingham Branch through Afton, Virginia, as the reach the peak of the grade.
A coal drag for the Carolinas crosses the Russell Fork in Elkhorn City, Kentucky.
A YN2 AC44 is shoving on the rear of a coal train for Terrell, NC, reflecting in the water at Splash Dam on the old CRR.
A very nice set of power is seen on northbound train Q650 as they roll through downtown Cairo. A YN2 AC44CW is becoming a rare site on CSX as many of them are being rebuilt by Wabtec in Fort Wort... (more)
A duo of AC44’s cross the Catskill Creek Trestle.
CSX 452 leads the BRCNTW west through Rochelle.
Q216-15, with a nice YN2 leader, speeds east across the Little Gunpowder River.
In late July 2017, CSX abolished Q500 & 501, and replaced them with train Q350 & Q351, the sole purpose of this was to route the trains via the B&O Indianapolis Division and the former Monon inste... (more)
CSXT 452 leads Q311-03 west out of downtown Columbus.
Thirty years ago, you would have been thrilled to see these Detroit Edison coal trains run through town with their own set of power in the form of blue & white U30C's & SD40's. But for tonight, a... (more)
The daily Q393 rumbles on west under the NYC era signal bridge. Scenes like this are becoming harder and harder to get as CSX upgrades signals across the line.
452 has a long line of PPLX hoppers with West Virgina coal headed for Pennsyvania.
Trio of units haul empty hopper train E747 west along the ex PRR high line toward a stop at South Philly Yard.
A coal train awaits its next assignment into the coalfields of southern W.Va. Only a shell of the former shop remains in the background.