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Title: |
Westbound on the L&N |
Description: |
I made a pick up at Brewton AL where the loading dock had a good view of the ex L&N Gulf Division. This train showed while I was waiting. |
Photo Date: |
7/29/1997 Upload Date: 3/25/2014 12:36:19 AM |
Location: |
Brewton, AL |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 247(AC44CW) CSX 5(AC44CW) |
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948 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Engine engine number 9 |
Description: |
CSX is unusual among class 1 roads, in that it starts its locomotive numbering with 1. This is the lowest numbered unit I have seen, #9, leading 109 cars of K 277 at South Plainfield as it heads for, among other places, a landfill in the south, as much of the consist is trash containers. |
Photo Date: |
9/7/2003 Upload Date: 6/9/2016 4:54:50 AM |
Location: |
South Plainfield, NJ |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 9(AC44CW) CSX 7531(C40-8) CSX 8208(SD40-2) |
Views: |
593 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
X0T with captured power |
Description: |
X0T, an extra section of 30T, heads south out of East Binghamton yard behind a pair of the usual NS horses, and one from CSX, not too common a sight on this train. Note the non standard font on 9308s number. |
Photo Date: |
1/31/2005 Upload Date: 11/25/2012 3:13:04 AM |
Location: |
Conklin, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
NS 9308(C40-9W) NS 9195(C40-9W) CSX 20(AC44CW) |
Views: |
654 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CSX detour |
Description: |
Q 271 detours 92 auto racks over the NS behind a pair of GEs. This was an unusual move. Typically these trains ran NYSW from Binghamton to CSX at Syracuse. |
Photo Date: |
9/5/2004 Upload Date: 12/9/2012 2:52:56 AM |
Location: |
Chemung, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 350(AC44CW) CSX 38(AC44CW) |
Views: |
639 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
216 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
LMS power too |
Description: |
Conrail leading arm LMS had a group of C40-8s that it shared with CN, but which were painted CR blue. One of them has made it onto CSX, and is leading this 84 car auto rack train west. Note also the second unit, a GP 15-1. This is one of the units CSX got in the Conrail split-CR had 100 of them, new in 1979. Chessie acquired 25 of its own, a turbocharged variation called a GP15T-1, in 1982. |
Photo Date: |
5/12/2004 Upload Date: 10/29/2017 5:07:40 AM |
Location: |
Utica, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 7929(C40-8W) CSX 1537(GP15-1) CSX 8018(SD40-2) CSX 5001(AC60CW) CSX 49(AC44CW) |
Views: |
761 Comments: 1 |
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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: |
126 Comments: 1 |
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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 |
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Title: |
Back for more |
Description: |
An empty coal train rolls under my perch as it heads back for more black diamonds. |
Photo Date: |
4/6/2013 Upload Date: 8/3/2019 3:55:33 AM |
Location: |
Birmingham, AL |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 91(AC44CW) CSX 372(AC44CW) |
Views: |
73 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Stretched out |
Description: |
The northbound train is stretched out along MO 59 between Lanagan and Anderson. This is a good spot in the late afternoon, as the orientation is such that theres good side light. We can also see all seven units here, including a pair of CSX GEs that must be lost. |
Photo Date: |
10/28/2018 Upload Date: 11/3/2018 5:08:20 AM |
Location: |
Anderson, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 9319(SD70ACe) BNSF 9197(SD70ACe) UP 6592(AC44CW) UP 7311(AC4460CW) CSX 143(AC44CW) CSX 101(AC44CW) KCS 3922(SD70MAC) |
Views: |
286 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Eastern visitor |
Description: |
The coal train had a visitor from afar in the form of these CSX units, one in "bright future," the other in "dark future." We dont see too many of these here. |
Photo Date: |
10/28/2018 Upload Date: 11/15/2019 5:11:30 AM |
Location: |
Anderson, MO |
Author: |
Diane Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 3922(SD70MAC) CSX 101(AC44CW) CSX 143(AC44CW) |
Views: |
177 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
On the bridge |
Description: |
The KCS crosses Baron Creek just south of Baron, and is easily viewed from adjacent US 59. Thats the vantage point for this shot of the empty TXUX train as it heads north in fading light. The lack of rain this year is apparent in the almost dry creek bed. |
Photo Date: |
10/31/2022 Upload Date: 11/6/2022 5:54:29 AM |
Location: |
Baron, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 6268(ES44AC) BNSF 9010(SD70ACe) KCS 4807(ES44AC) CSX 115(AC44CW) |
Views: |
103 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Out of the sun |
Description: |
The empty coal train roll north at Watts, the long sweeping curve yielding a long view of the stretched out train coming out of the sun. |
Photo Date: |
10/31/2022 Upload Date: 11/6/2022 6:01:45 AM |
Location: |
Watts, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 6268(ES44AC) BNSF 9010(SD70ACe) KCS 4807(ES44AC) CSX 115(AC44CW) |
Views: |
123 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
How now |
Description: |
The empty coal train rolls past a farm scene, the iconic view of steer in the pasture, and hay bales lined up for the winter. |
Photo Date: |
10/31/2022 Upload Date: 11/6/2022 6:04:59 AM |
Location: |
Westville, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 6268(ES44AC) BNSF 9010(SD70ACe) KCS 4807(ES44AC) CSX 115(AC44CW) |
Views: |
132 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Study in orange |
Description: |
The coal train passes a stand of trees that is not far off the colors of the diesels on the northbound. Color was better this year than its been in other years, though the oranges and dark reds are no match for the northeast. |
Photo Date: |
10/31/2022 Upload Date: 11/6/2022 6:09:48 AM |
Location: |
Westville, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 6268(ES44AC) BNSF 9010(SD70ACe) KCS 4807(ES44AC) CSX 115(AC44CW) |
Views: |
118 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Low sun on the river |
Description: |
The coal train rolled slowly thought Watts, and I was able to get to the Illinois River crossing in time to get him on the bridge there. The water was calm, allowing this nice reflection shot. |
Photo Date: |
10/31/2022 Upload Date: 11/7/2022 4:23:05 AM |
Location: |
Watts, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 6268(ES44AC) BNSF 9010(SD70ACe) KCS 4807(ES44AC) CSX 115(AC44CW) |
Views: |
115 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Headed for Chattanooga |
Description: |
And on south. Id see this Q 583 the next day in Waycross. Here in Alabama, it has 102 cars. |
Photo Date: |
9/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/19/2018 4:52:06 AM |
Location: |
Stevenson, AL |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 117(AC44CW) CSX 312(AC44CW) CSX 5287(ES44DC) |
Views: |
150 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Caught up |
Description: |
This Q 583 caught up to me. I had seen it the day before in Stevenson AL. As I was coming into Waycross, I saw the headlight behind me. I found a spot to pull over, getting him from my van as he pulled up to the signal to wait for a northbound. |
Photo Date: |
9/19/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 4:22:19 AM |
Location: |
Waycross, GA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 117(AC44CW) CSX 312(AC44CW) CSX 5287(ES44DC) |
Views: |
123 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Eastbound coal |
Description: |
Something not seen much on the Chicago Line is coal trains. Here one is eastbound at Weedsport behind a pair of GEs |
Photo Date: |
7/29/2004 Upload Date: 12/9/2012 2:10:07 AM |
Location: |
Weedsport, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 120(AC44CW) CSX 7565(C40-8) |
Views: |
452 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Drive by coal |
Description: |
We had gone down to Kentucky one weekend in October, just for a fall foliage road trip since I had a couple of days off, and caught this CSX coal train at Ashland next to the road. Too bad the weather was so dismal. Always my luck. |
Photo Date: |
10/23/2004 Upload Date: 9/20/2017 5:44:18 AM |
Location: |
Ashland, KY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 121(AC44CW) CSX 230(AC44CW) |
Views: |
309 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Coal train and grain elevator |
Description: |
I passed this train while going east on CO 96 in Eads on the ex MP. Fortunately I was able to find a place to turn around and then catch him. The light was magnificent |
Photo Date: |
5/26/1997 Upload Date: 3/30/2014 4:31:12 AM |
Location: |
Eads, CO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
SP 340(AC44CW) SP 174(AC44CW) SP 124(AC44CW) |
Views: |
664 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Western power |
Description: |
UP and Cotton Belt units lead Q391 |
Photo Date: |
9/10/2000 Upload Date: 1/28/2014 2:29:45 AM |
Location: |
SYRACUSE (CP293), NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 3060(SD40-2) SSW 9662(GP60) CSX 7801(C40-8W) CSX 124(AC44CW) |
Views: |
714 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Coal train waiting |
Description: |
A westbound empty coal train waits on the ex MP at NA to get on the Santa Fe for the last leg into Pueblo. |
Photo Date: |
10/27/1996 Upload Date: 5/6/2014 2:22:32 AM |
Location: |
Devine, CO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
SP 194(AC44CW) SP 233(AC44CW) SP 125(AC44CW) |
Views: |
500 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Second round |
Description: |
I went around the south end of the interlocking to see if there was anything else on the horizon, and to my surprise, there was a headlight coming up the MKT. I swung back around and set up. This time, its an empty ethanol train, with a couple of surprises. |
Photo Date: |
4/11/2021 Upload Date: 4/13/2021 5:35:11 AM |
Location: |
Wagoner, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7964(AC45CCTE) CSX 141(AC44CW) |
Views: |
87 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Closer |
Description: |
The empty ethanol train draws closer, passing this old corrugated metal building, a common sight in these parts. Second unit is a visitor from afar. Wish I'd gotten a shot of that Airslide hopper behind the power. |
Photo Date: |
4/11/2021 Upload Date: 4/13/2021 5:48:12 AM |
Location: |
Wagoner, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7964(AC45CCTE) CSX 141(AC44CW) |
Views: |
135 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
From a long way off |
Description: |
The trailing unit on the head end of the ethanol train was this CSX GE. It will be in the upper midwest in a few days, a good long way from home. |
Photo Date: |
4/11/2021 Upload Date: 4/13/2021 6:03:02 AM |
Location: |
Wagoner, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 141(AC44CW) |
Views: |
78 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
More TOFC |
Description: |
CSX seemed to run a suprising amount of TOFC at this time, despite the industry trend toward double stacks. We see a 41 car train approaching the station. |
Photo Date: |
5/12/2004 Upload Date: 6/3/2017 5:16:59 AM |
Location: |
Utica, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 7750(C40-8W) CSX 147(AC44CW) |
Views: |
299 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Southbound |
Description: |
I spent an afternoon at Manchester, which was well worth the effort, though the cloudy skies didnt help much. I have to go back on a clear day. There are several good photo locations there. The best is the view off the GA 85 overpass, which yielded this view of a southbound off the Lineville Sub coming in for a crew change with 135 cars. |
Photo Date: |
9/16/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 4:29:35 AM |
Location: |
Manchester, GA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 163(AC44CW) CSX 241(AC44CW) CSX 3388(ET44AH) |
Views: |
179 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Empty coal and a couple of SD90s |
Description: |
A pair of SD90s and an SP unit lead an empty coal train west. |
Photo Date: |
9/18/1999 Upload Date: 3/1/2014 2:13:25 AM |
Location: |
Lexington, NE |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8271(SD9043MAC) UP 8294(SD9043MAC) SP 173(AC44CW) |
Views: |
250 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Coal east |
Description: |
An eastbund coal train rolls through an interlocking east of North Platte |
Photo Date: |
9/18/1999 Upload Date: 3/1/2014 1:44:56 AM |
Location: |
North Platte, NE |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6626(AC44CW) SP 175(AC44CW) |
Views: |
357 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Pair of GEs |
Description: |
One of them is ex SP. At this time there were still a lot in original paint, this is one of many I saw that dayh. |
Photo Date: |
5/26/2000 Upload Date: 2/21/2014 1:45:58 AM |
Location: |
Cozad, NE |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6646(AC44CW) SP 185(AC44CW) |
Views: |
343 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Coal on the Katy |
Description: |
A southbound coal train rolls into Wagoner in the ex MKT. Funny how some units you encounter in multiple places. I have a shot of the leader on the KCS in Siloam Springs. |
Photo Date: |
9/28/2007 Upload Date: 7/8/2016 3:48:35 AM |
Location: |
Wagoner, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6004(AC44CWCTE) SP 194(AC44CW) |
Views: |
311 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Along US 59 |
Description: |
This spot several miles north of Stilwell on US 59 yielded a good view of the tracks, making this photo possible from roadside. In the seven years since I took this, the shrubbery has grown up near the tracks, and its not as good a location when the leaves are on the trees. |
Photo Date: |
12/28/2008 Upload Date: 8/27/2016 2:29:21 AM |
Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6752(AC44CW) SP 199(AC44CW) |
Views: |
272 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Making hay |
Description: |
The empty AEPX train rolls past baled hay on a farm north of Westville. |
Photo Date: |
12/28/2008 Upload Date: 8/27/2016 2:39:23 AM |
Location: |
Westville, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6752(AC44CW) SP 199(AC44CW) |
Views: |
217 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Meet and a pleasant surprise |
Description: |
The AEPX train I had been chasing met a northbound empty train here, that train having an untouched SP unit trailing ahead of its 124 cars. Ten plus years after the merger, they were becoming harder and harder to find. |
Photo Date: |
12/28/2008 Upload Date: 8/19/2016 4:47:55 AM |
Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 6432(AC44CW) UP 6752(AC44CW) SP 199(AC44CW) |
Views: |
308 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Light power |
Description: |
Not sure where these were going. Saw them from I 55. Location approximate |
Photo Date: |
3/16/2000 Upload Date: 2/20/2014 1:43:45 AM |
Location: |
Bloomington, IL |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
SP 202(AC44CW) SP 376(AC44CW) |
Views: |
268 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Joint Line coal |
Description: |
An empty coal train rolling to Wyoming passes the customer I was making a delivery to on this gray morning, behind a matched set of SP units. |
Photo Date: |
4/15/1997 Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:57:27 PM |
Location: |
Denver, CO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
SP 243(AC44CW) SP 208(AC44CW) SP 274(AC44CW) |
Views: |
301 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Q 260 |
Description: |
Q 260 arrives from the Lineville Sub with 126 cars. The trailing unit, 8009, was one of two I saw there that day. They were the only two EMD's I'd see. |
Photo Date: |
9/16/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 5:33:18 AM |
Location: |
Manchester, GA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 3432(ET44AH) CSX 211(AC44CW) CSX 8009(SD40-2) |
Views: |
144 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Rolling in for a crew change |
Description: |
This northbound was catching one of the few peeks of sun as it rolled in from Waycross for a crew change and a meet with Q 260. It would get a new crew, but still be waiting to get out when I left around 1930 after meeting Q 143. |
Photo Date: |
9/16/2018 Upload Date: 10/22/2018 5:21:31 AM |
Location: |
Manchester, GA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 5207(ES44DC) CSX 257(AC44CW) CSX 3432(ET44AH) CSX 211(AC44CW) CSX 8009(SD40-2) |
Views: |
246 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Holding for this |
Description: |
The Q 583 that came up behind me was holding for this 111 car northbound. |
Photo Date: |
9/19/2018 Upload Date: 10/20/2018 4:25:54 AM |
Location: |
Waycross, GA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CSX 310(AC44CW) CSX 211(AC44CW) PRLX 696(CW44-6) |
Views: |
237 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Work train |
Description: |
This work train had six units and really worked up the grade at Firstview. The plains are not pool table flat as much as people think, and this line has its share of grades, as evidenced by the exhaust. |
Photo Date: |
2/7/1999 Upload Date: 3/9/2014 5:15:23 AM |
Location: |
firstview, CO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8044(SD9043MAC) UP 6885(AC44CW) SP 230(AC44CW) SP 215(AC44CW) UP 3658(SD40-2) |
Views: |
827 Comments: 1 |
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