Back in the day when the Santa Train was not so glamorous the consist threads it way southward through bare trees in murky weather. Only the train changes.
CSX 7541 leads a freight train out of the rail yard in Sumter, South Carolina back in 2012. The locomotive was built new by General Electric for CSX in 1989. CSX sold it to Maine Central in 2017 a... (more)
CSX 7541 is on the point of a freight train leaving the rail yard in Sumter, South Carolina in 2012. The locomotive was built by General Electric for CSX in 1989. CSX sold her to the Maine Central... (more)
CSX C40-8 7541 leads a manifest east down the connection to the Barr Sub at Dolton.
Marking my third standard cab GE leader of the day, CSX 7541 is departing Barr Yard on its way to the east coast.
As a storm takes place over downtown, L217 heads west in the evening sun. This scene 25 minutes later: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=237677&nseq=3
The unit was set out on the spur at Boca, so I set my truck up for the lighting, grabbed my UP lantern and posed for my own shot. It was a very very cold night!!!
CSXT Southbound Freight Train splits the signals at Folkston, Ga.
Autorack rumble south on the KY Subdivision at the Hayes CTC signals.