CSX Railroad (CSX) 5345 - GE ES40DC

W944

doin track speed and a happy crew she hammers through here

West Bound CSX

Q007 with CSX 5389 - CSX 5345 passes through Fonda, NY.

Q301 headed west from CP-MEAD before 6 pm

W082 sits crewless on 5 storage in town (herzog ballast train)

W082 sitting in Manville from a drone perspective

Q512 crosses Gallatin Road in the Inglewood Section of Nashville. Highway traffic originally only passes under the left side of the bridge, with an interurban line using the right side.

Its was a terribly stormy night in South Plainfield, NJ on this March evening. In the midst of a powerful noreaster a westbound CSX Q417 holds just east of the Front Street crossing with an ex-Conrail SD80MAC on the point. All the railroads in North Jersey were taking a beating based on all the radio chaos and Conrails Lehigh Line was no exception. NS 65J (who had literally just cleared Front Street a few minutes before) was reporting they were in emergency after a car drove through the gates and into the north side of their trailing engine at Clinton Avenue just a few miles ahead. This mess caused all traffic on the Lehigh Line to grind to a stop as the powerful storm raged on. A few moments after stopping the conductor of the Q417 emerged from the beastly 5,000HP engine and told us about their adventurous trip from Newarks Oak Island Yard. What was normally an easy journey of less than 30 miles turned into an 8+ hour escapade. Faced with signal problems, multiple crossing failures and downed trees obstructing the rails this crew was not going to set any speed records on tonights trip. The delay caused by the disabled NS 65J was the final nail in the coffin and a few short hours later they hit the 12-hour mark and expired on the main. This train and its stranded crew spent the remainder of the night weathering the storm waiting on a fresh crew to relieve them and try again the following morning.

CSX 7688 and CSX 5345 face nose-to-nose on CR PR8.

Cab shot of CSX 5345 on CR PR8.

Back end shot of CSX 5345 as it trailed on CR PR8.

CR PR8 shoving back to Motiva.

Roster shot of CSX 5345 as it trailed on CR PR8.

Back end shot of CSX 5345 as it trailed on CR PR8.

CR PR8 coming out of the yard with a trio of CSX GE's.

Q157 at Donahue Rd.

Q157 westbound at Donahue Rd.

Westbound at Lock 12.

heading north on track 1 on this rainy and over cast Saturday morning

heading north on track 1 on this rainy and over cast Saturday morning

heading south on this Sunday morning passing k 139

heaeing south on this Sunday morning

heading north at mine dock park on this Saturday after noon

heading north at mine dock park on this Saturday after noon

Q410 powers up the siding around Q300 at 1524.

Q620 pounds east at 0708.

heafing south on track 2 on this Saturday morning

Q389

power sitting in yard on this Saturday after noon

power sitting in yard on this Saturday after noon

power sitting in yard on this Saturday after noon

Built June 1995 as Conrail 5631.

Q300 pulls up 1 at 1636.