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5/11/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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CSX westbound on former SAL
Title:  CSX westbound on former SAL
Description:  Westbound train at Carlton GA on former SAL
Photo Date:  4/1/2011  Upload Date: 5/14/2011 12:15:34 AM
Location:  Carlton, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 716(ES44AC-H) CSX 7519(C40-8) CSX 8714(SD60)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
By the board
Title:  By the board
Description:  The eastbound rolls under the signals, no longer the tri lights of the Conrail era, but the Darth Vader hoods of modern times.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 5:44:27 AM
Location:  Wickliffe, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 743(ES44AC-H)
Views:  69   Comments: 1
East out of the sun
Title:  East out of the sun
Description:  I had a little free time during a recent trip to Cleveland, so was able to get out and check the action for a short while. I picked a spot east of Cleveland where the NS and CSX run adjacent, which they do most of the way to Buffalo. CSX chipped in two trains and a Sperry car while I was there.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 5:41:19 AM
Location:  Wickliffe, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 743(ES44AC-H) CSX 5475(ES44DC)
Views:  116   Comments: 1
Finally moving
Title:  Finally moving
Description:  This northbound on the Lineville Sub is finally moving after waiting almost an hour for a 151 car southbound to arrive and clear the interlocking. He has 140 stacks and 4 reefers.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/20/2018 4:40:56 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 766(ES44AC-H) CSX 5305(ES44DC) CSX 5320(ES44DC)
Views:  132   Comments: 2
Westbound to California
Title:  Westbound to California
Description:  A westbound 91 car merchandiser has just cleared Parker, and will soon be in the land of milk and honey, taking a couple of eastern visitors with it.
Photo Date:  4/4/2015  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 4:27:07 AM
Location:  Parker, AZ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7620(ES44DC) CSX 768(ES44AC-H) CSX 881(ES44AC-H)
Views:  137   Comments: 1
Surprise DPU
Title:  Surprise DPU
Description:  A southbound grain train had a pair of units for a DPU. The last one was a surprise, CSX 781 that somehow strayed from Kansas City
Photo Date:  2/9/2015  Upload Date: 2/10/2015 3:52:58 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 781(ES44AC-H) KCS 4795(ES44AC)
Views:  194   Comments: 1
DPU side angle
Title:  DPU side angle
Description:  The southbound grain train had these two units for a DPU, seen here a few miles north of Westville in a more sidelit shot.
Photo Date:  2/9/2015  Upload Date: 2/10/2015 3:55:49 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 781(ES44AC-H) KCS 4795(ES44AC)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
Marietta freight
Title:  Marietta freight
Description:  A southbound CSX train passes through Marietta, one of five I would see there that day.
Photo Date:  4/22/2017  Upload Date: 4/29/2017 4:58:15 AM
Location:  Marietta, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 782(ES44AC-H) CSX 3039(ES44AC-H)
Views:  64   Comments: 1
By the boards
Title:  By the boards
Description:  Southbound loaded grain train G 519 with 88 cars passes the signals guarding the NS line at the CSX crossing. Note the circle on the nose of the lead unit.
Photo Date:  9/17/2018  Upload Date: 10/27/2018 4:14:30 AM
Location:  Dalton, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 256(AC44CW) CSX 846(ES44AC-H) CSX 792(ES44AC-H)
Views:  202   Comments: 2
Stuck in the middle
Title:  Stuck in the middle
Description:  This GE was about 100 cars back in a 128 car southbound coal train, giving a push in assistance to the two GEs up front.
Photo Date:  3/23/2017  Upload Date: 4/2/2017 4:11:37 AM
Location:  Marietta, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 830(ES44AC-H)
Views:  83   Comments: 1
Crew change
Title:  Crew change
Description:  This northbound headed for the Lineville Sub with 91 cars will make a crew change here, as every train does.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/20/2018 5:13:40 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3296(ET44AH) CSX 339(AC44CW) CSX 857(ES44AC-H)
Views:  155   Comments: 2
Heading north
Title:  Heading north
Description:  The northbound for the Lineville Sub has made his crew change, and is now headed toward Birmingham, passing a coal train tied down for a crew.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/20/2018 5:18:05 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3296(ET44AH) CSX 339(AC44CW) CSX 857(ES44AC-H)
Views:  154   Comments: 3
Approaching the bridge
Title:  Approaching the bridge
Description:  A 71 car southbound led by 869 approaches the Tennessee River, coming through the park that was the old bridge.
Photo Date:  9/18/2018  Upload Date: 10/19/2018 5:25:43 AM
Location:  Bridgeport, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 869(ES44AC-H) CSX 82(AC44CW)
Views:  128   Comments: 1
Rolling across
Title:  Rolling across
Description:  The southbound led by 869 rolls across the river.
Photo Date:  9/18/2018  Upload Date: 10/19/2018 5:51:04 AM
Location:  Bridgeport, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 869(ES44AC-H) CSX 82(AC44CW)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
Old line, old station
Title:  Old line, old station
Description:  The CSX W&A line was chartered in the 1830s, and has a storied history. It is owned by the state of Georgia, and leased by CSX. The railroad was making good use of it this day, as a 128 cars of southbound coal roll past the historic Marietta station.
Photo Date:  3/23/2017  Upload Date: 4/2/2017 4:15:42 AM
Location:  Marietta, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 877(ES44AC-H) CSX 3205(ES44AC-H)
Views:  182   Comments: 2
Mid train DPU
Title:  Mid train DPU
Description:  Georgia Power trains run 110 cars and get a helper about midway into the consist, such as this one on a southbound loaded train.
Photo Date:  9/17/2018  Upload Date: 10/27/2018 4:18:20 AM
Location:  Dalton, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 884(ES44AC-H)
Views:  82   Comments: 1
Mid train single
Title:  Mid train single
Description:  I saw several Georgia Power coal trains while in the area. These had a standard consist, which included a single DPU about halfway into the train. The train sets stayed together, and the DPUs kept their position, loaded or empty. This is an empty train heading back north, the DPU right in place.
Photo Date:  9/18/2018  Upload Date: 10/19/2018 6:09:54 AM
Location:  Stevenson, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 884(ES44AC-H)
Views:  126   Comments: 1
DPU north
Title:  DPU north
Description:  The Georgia Power coal trains DPUs stay with the train, keeping their position about midway into the consist. This one is headed north, going back for more, as it passes through Dalton.
Photo Date:  9/17/2018  Upload Date: 10/27/2018 4:24:41 AM
Location:  Dalton, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 894(ES44AC-H)
Views:  34   Comments: 1
Stacks by the office
Title:  Stacks by the office
Description:  The Sequatchie Valley has a small yard and office at Bridgeport, adjacent to the CSX main. We see a southbound 113 platform stack train roll by on its way to Atlanta.
Photo Date:  9/18/2018  Upload Date: 10/19/2018 5:20:53 AM
Location:  Bridgeport, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 418(AC44CW) CSX 896(ES44AC-H) CSX 3198(ES44AC-H)
Views:  144   Comments: 1
Going north
Title:  Going north
Description:  I was at Folkston the week after Florence wreaked havoc on the east coast, and CSX operations were seriously curtailed, so there was not the normal traffic level at this usually busy junction point. I did catch this 127 car northbound, the only train Id see in the two and a half hours I spent there. So it goes.
Photo Date:  9/20/2018  Upload Date: 10/27/2018 5:05:25 AM
Location:  Folkston, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5369(ES44DC) CSX 902(ES44AC-H)
Views:  115   Comments: 1
Stacks south
Title:  Stacks south
Description:  A very short-8 platforms-southbound rolls through the plant. Thats Monday for ya!!
Photo Date:  9/17/2018  Upload Date: 10/27/2018 4:32:20 AM
Location:  Dalton, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3254(ET44AH) CSX 907(ES44AC-H)
Views:  193   Comments: 1
Empty coal
Title:  Empty coal
Description:  An empty 109 car Georgia Power train rolls toward Chattanooga.
Photo Date:  9/17/2018  Upload Date: 10/27/2018 4:36:36 AM
Location:  Dalton, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3283(ET44AH) CSX 927(ES44AC-H)
Views:  196   Comments: 1
Shot in the dark
Title:  Shot in the dark
Description:  As has become common, I saw another southbound on my way back home, this one a grain train at Watts, with a visitor from the east, this time CSX.
Photo Date:  2/11/2023  Upload Date: 2/20/2023 5:55:15 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4754(ES44AC) CSX 937(ES44AC-H)
Views:  59   Comments: 1
Westbound with a visitor
Title:  Westbound with a visitor
Description:  A 104 car UP westbound rolls over the BNSF with a CSX unit in the mix. A BNSF train rolls west overhead.
Photo Date:  10/18/2014  Upload Date: 11/5/2014 3:40:48 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4030(SD70M) CSX 946(ES44AC-H) UP 3813(SD70M)
Views:  288   Comments: 1
Old Reliable
Title:  Old Reliable
Description:  I was able to get out to see the action on Georgias W&A line, now part of CSX, during a family visit. They were playing the part of the L&N, rolling three trains past me in the two hours I was there. This southbound merchandise train was the first to show, with 73 cars rolling past the Marietta station.
Photo Date:  3/23/2017  Upload Date: 4/2/2017 4:20:01 AM
Location:  Marietta, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 8750(SD60I) CSX 8662(SD50-3) CSX 975(ES44AC-H)
Views:  102   Comments: 1
MKT car
Title:  MKT car
Description:  The BKTY initials on this car date back to a group of cars financed by the MKT in the 1960s. This isnt one of them, but the reporting marks are still in use. This car is on CSX in Georgia, a long way from its midwest home.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 12/30/2018 5:10:40 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3022(ES44AC-H)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
Tying up here
Title:  Tying up here
Description:  A southbound coal train has come off the Lineville Sub, and will tie up here. Its around 1300. Hell still be here when I leave around 1930.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/20/2018 4:43:48 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3022(ES44AC-H) CSX 581(AC44CW)
Views:  129   Comments: 3
First train of the day
Title:  First train of the day
Description:  The first train I saw at Dalton was a good one, 151 cars southbound, not bad for a Monday. He's passing Southern sleeper Crescent City, which is on display at the station.
Photo Date:  9/17/2018  Upload Date: 10/27/2018 5:01:37 AM
Location:  Dalton, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5209(ES44DC) CSX 3197(ES44AC-H) CSX 3040(ES44AC-H)
Views:  245   Comments: 1
Easing up
Title:  Easing up
Description:  This 151 car southbound on the Lineville Sub is easing up to the home signal under the Georgia 41 overpass. Hell move slowly through the junction to a crew change at the other end of town.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/20/2018 4:34:33 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 300(AC44CW) CSX 8037(SD40-2) CSX 3060(ES44AC-H)
Views:  111   Comments: 1
Rolling past the coal
Title:  Rolling past the coal
Description:  This southbound was making his way slowly to a restricting signal as it passed a coal train waiting for a new crew.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/20/2018 4:38:06 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 300(AC44CW) CSX 8037(SD40-2) CSX 3060(ES44AC-H)
Views:  152   Comments: 1
The wait is over
Title:  The wait is over
Description:  The southbound the rack train was waiting for has arrived, and is now headed to the yard office for a crew change. The racks will be on their way shortly.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/22/2018 6:01:40 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5346(ES44DC) CSX 3067(ES44AC-H) CSX 300(AC44CW) CSX 8037(SD40-2) CSX 3060(ES44AC-H)
Views:  202   Comments: 2
Waiting for the southbound
Title:  Waiting for the southbound
Description:  This 41 car northbound rack train is waiting for the 151 car southbound-the train with the tank cars in the foreground-to clear.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/22/2018 5:48:27 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5346(ES44DC) CSX 3067(ES44AC-H)
Views:  161   Comments: 2
New crew for the autos
Title:  New crew for the autos
Description:  A northbound rack train gets a new crew. Hell pull away toward the Lineville sub, then wait for a southbound before he goes.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/22/2018 5:51:32 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5346(ES44DC) CSX 3067(ES44AC-H)
Views:  186   Comments: 2
Waiting for a southbound
Title:  Waiting for a southbound
Description:  The rack train that has just gotten a crew change seen from the GA 85 overpass, looking across the spread out interlocking where the Manchester and Lineville Subs meet. The southbound will come off single track, then down the track next to the coal train.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/22/2018 5:55:52 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5346(ES44DC) CSX 3067(ES44AC-H)
Views:  170   Comments: 2
Q 580
Title:  Q 580
Description:  Q 580 with 38 cars rolls north past the Manly Jail Works.
Photo Date:  9/17/2018  Upload Date: 10/27/2018 4:56:38 AM
Location:  Dalton, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3421(ET44AH) CSX 3123(ES44AC-H) CSX 3343(ET44AH)
Views:  204   Comments: 3
Taking the signal
Title:  Taking the signal
Description:  This northbound 105 car train is taking a high green for the Manchester Sub, and will slowly snake around to the right, then left again as it heads for Atlanta.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/20/2018 4:47:26 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3154(ES44AC-H) CSX 343(AC44CW)
Views:  111   Comments: 2
Pulling up
Title:  Pulling up
Description:  This northbound has just had a crew change and will shortly get the signal for a trip to Atlanta.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/20/2018 4:56:04 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3154(ES44AC-H) CSX 343(AC44CW)
Views:  107   Comments: 3
Knocked down
Title:  Knocked down
Description:  The northbound has just knocked down the signal as he heads for the Manchester Sub.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/20/2018 5:00:03 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3154(ES44AC-H) CSX 343(AC44CW)
Views:  120   Comments: 2
Cruising by the station
Title:  Cruising by the station
Description:  A southbound rolls past the station and several other Civil War era buildings that add historic flavor to current operations. This train had long blocks of ARMN reefers.
Photo Date:  4/22/2017  Upload Date: 5/1/2017 3:42:06 AM
Location:  Marietta, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 364(AC44CW) CSX 3216(ES44AC-H) CSX 40(AC44CW)
Views:  218   Comments: 1


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