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Rolling by Crystal City |
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A new(in the mid 80s) development in the DC area was Crystal City in Arlington VA, which sat next to National Airport(its Reagan now) and alongside the RF&P at a place known as RO, where it ended and the Pennsy began. B&O trains also came through here to reach Potomac Yard, which itself would fall to changing freight patterns over the next decade, becoming a fertile field for new real estate. CSX melded the RF&P-still independent then-and the B&O lines north of DC, connecting them with the southern half of CSX at Richmond. Heres train 405 rolling onto the RF&P at RO behind a mix of the new companys power. |
| Photo Date: |
4/30/1988 Upload Date: 7/7/2015 4:37:05 AM |
| Location: |
Arlington, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 3127(B23-7) CSX 2581(GP38-2) CSX 6222(GP40-2) CSX 5756(U36B) |
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Add on |
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RF&P had a cab signalling system that was not compatible with anything else, and off line power was not equipped with it, even major connection SCL. This is why you never see foreign power leading there. Train 171 is south at AF with an RF&P leader, added at Potomac Yard just to the north. Looks like the railroad was anticipating a quick turn on the power-RF&P got pretty good utilization, and it was not unusual to see the same power twice in a day-since they added a unit on the rear of the consist as well. The extra power will surely not be needed to roll the train's 96 cars over the RF&P's profile. Of note, three years from the CSX merger, the renumbering has taken hold in earnest. All three CSX units have been renumbered into the 6000's, with the 6531 already repainted. |
| Photo Date: |
4/30/1988 Upload Date: 7/8/2015 1:00:32 AM |
| Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
RFP 127(GP40) CSX 6531(GP40) CSX 6545(GP40) CSX 6222(GP40-2) RFP 144(GP40-2) |
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