CSX Railroad (CSX) 4076 - Rebuilt EMD SD40-3

Remember when everyone called them SpongeBob Square Face?

Yes, there is that much of a grade, check the bridge. 261 didn't come out too well.

Southbound CSX 4076 approached across Wilson Pike Circle on the SN&A Subdivison.

Built July 1970 as C&O 7524.

Built April 1979 as L&N 8018.

447 descends the hill at 1258.

An interesting pair of visitors from out-of-town lead a through freight past Kampo Rd. while headed northeast via CN, former C&NW, rails at Neenah, WI on 15 Nov. '18. The former SOO main line is in the foreground.

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CSX SD40-3 4076 and SD40-2 8027 are done for the day as a UP-led line of covered hoppers rushes through Fairburn yard on January 17, 2018.

CSX SD40-3's 4046 and 4076 lay over at Fairburn, GA on a rainy February, 2018 morning.

CSX SD40-3's 4046 and 4076 lay over at Fairburn, GA on a rainy February, 2018 morning.

After a rare Fairburn, GA snoŽ, CSX 4076, 8027, and 2008 take a rest from working the yard on January 17, 2018.

CSX SD40-2’s 8027 and 8887 getting ready to work Fairburn yard on January 19, 2018.

CSX SD40-2’s 8027 and 8887 getting ready to work Fairburn yard on January 19, 2018.

CSX 8887, 4076 and 4287 at Fairburn yard on January 19, 2018.

CSX 4076 and 4287 take a rest from working Fairburn yard on January 19, 2018.

CSX SD40-3 4076 runs a SB local through Peachtree City, GA on January 7, 2018.

CSX SD40-3 4076 runs a SB local through Peachtree City, GA on January 7, 2018.

CSX SD40-3 4076 splits the signals with a SB local at Peachtree City, GA on January 7, 2018.

CSX 4076, 1701, and 8099 roll SB through Peachtree City, GA on January 7, 2018.

CSX 4076, 1701, and 8099 roll SB through Peachtree City, GA on January 7, 2018.

CSX 721 leads Q143-22 past the old Bowling Green Depot platforms, which once serviced trains such as the Louisville and Nashvilles"South Wind" and "Pan-American" as well as Amtraks "Floridian",

A trio of SD40-2 and SD40-3's pause at Fairburn on November 10, 2017.

CSX SD40-3's 4076 and 4045 pause with SD40-2 8099 at Fairburn on November 10, 2017.

K633 with a SD40-3 leading empty ethanol cars.

heading north on this Wednesday afternoon

heading north ,the sun angle is hard to shoot at this time of day