CSX Railroad (CSX) 6045 - EMD GP40-2

Scott Cotner photo

final pic of Q560 passing MP 408

Q560 passes the AMTK Depew station while other train watchers get their pics

3 EMDs in tow

Q560 has been extra spectacular this week!

CSXT 6045

CSX train Q453 is ready to go at 78th Street in Tampa. CSXT 6045 was originally B&O (Chessie) 4145.

Local CSX freight pulling past intermodal terminal

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CSXT 6045 still wears Chessie paint while switching

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The D&H, as a condition of the Conrail merger, got access to a number of points in the northeasu to foster some level of competition. One of them was Potomac Yard in Alexandria VA, which served to make connections with Southern, now NS, and Chessie, as well as the RF&P. All those would eventually go into CSX. Power from the connections ran through, so it was not unusual to see CSX and NS component diesels on RPPY and PYRP. We see RPPY heading for Virginia on the ex Reading, with the usual CSX and NS power, among them an ex SCL GP 40. It was a daily event, but decidedly different from the steady diet of blue provided by Conrail.

CSXT GP40-2 6045 getting ready to work a couple of Industry's in Montgomery, AL. Before returning back to their Yard

CSX A778

CSX A778

CSX A783

CSX A787

CSX Q609

CSX Q609

CSX Q609

Eastbound

CSX Q473

Chessie 6045 at CSX yard switching cars

Chessie System GP40-2 at Russell Yard.

GP40-2 at West Detroit

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Running engine light on the Metcalf line to service the Hood Industries lumber mill in Metcalf.

Running engine light on the Metcalf line to service the Hood Industries lumber mill in Metcalf.

Running engine light on the Metcalf line to service the Hood Industries lumber mill in Metcalf.