CSX Q400 heading north at Quantico, VA with an ex-Conrail SD60M in the lead, and an NS widecab GE trailing
CSXT 7668 - CSXT 436 - CSXT 8781 - CSXT 8139 with 147 cars
CSXT 8781 trailing on R365 11
CSXT 7668 - CSXT 436 - CSXT 8781 - CSXT 8139 with 147 cars
Q633 westbound at Rome. Since 2009, 633 has been truncated to a Selkirk to Rotterdam Jct run.
Built May 1993 as Conrail 5561.
Waiting...
Q296 rolls east by 181 at 1450.
Built May 1993 as Conrail 5561.
B255 shoves Q394 east with 8781, the last YN2 SD60M, at 1418.
heading south on this fall Sunday morning ( csx 8781 is a ex-Conrail 5561 )
heading south on this fall Sunday morning ( csx 7352 is a ex-Conrail 6179 )
heading south on this fall Sunday morning
Q389
Westbound on the Trenton Subdivision single main.
Westbound on the Trenton Subdivision single main.
In case I never see it in this paint again, here is a roster shot of the final SD60M in Bright Future/YN2 paint, seen on train Q353-20.
CSX still knows how to throw an EMD party from time to time, and the 8781 in Bright Future paint was the perfect leader on such a sunny day as this. It is the only SD60M left on the CSX system in this paint. Seen on train Q353-20.
Built May 1993 as Conrail 5561; the last SD60M in YN2.
Q711 cruises east towards CP 173 at 0705.
CSX 91 is on Q-433 at Alsen, NY 10/24/2015
Q124
Q353-14 is going from track 3 to 4 while working the west end of the Connellsville CSX Yard. CSX 8781 was built as CR 5561 in May 1993. It is the final SD60M in YN2 paint.
On train Q353-14 by the Amtrak station. Q353-14 is going from track 3 to 4 while working the west end of the Connellsville CSX Yard. CSX 8781 was built as CR 5561 in May 1993. It is the final SD60M in YN2 paint.
Parting shot of train Q353-14 as it leaves Connellsville. CSX 8781 was built as CR 5561 in May 1993. It is the final SD60M in YN2 paint.
THE LAST REMAINING EX CONRAIL SD60M STILL IN YN2 PAINT AND I BLOW THE SHOT... JUST MY LUCK!
THIS WAS A GREAT SURPRISE! UP 3830 (SD70M) "FLARED RADIATOR" LEADING UP 4035 (SD70M) "WITH GRIFFITI ON SIDE", CSX 8781 (SD60M) "LAST EX CONRAIL IN YN2 PAINT" AND UP 7987 (AC45CCTE). ALL WORKING ELEPHANT STYLE AS THEY DUCK UNDER THE OLD COALING TOWER WHILE HEADING NORTH THROUGH NEWNAN GA. ON THE A&WP LINE.
With One of Only 2 YN2 SD60M Left on the CSX Roster, It rolls through the Virginia Countryside with a NS ES44AC Trailer
CSX 8781,& 8808 locomotives on the maintainence train