Helm Financial (HLCX) 8161 - EMD SD40-2

Thomas Marty photo. Uploaded with permission.

Thomas Marty photo. Uploaded with permission.

CSX 7576 and HLCX 8161 are on Q-254 at Ridgefield Park, NJ 7/2003.

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GCFX 3103 is on the point of Q-409 at Ridgefield Park, NJ 9/2003

HLCX 8161 leads a 7 unit Q64927 out of Evansville

Q409 changing crew 15:58 hrs

Province Line Road. 16376 hours.

The power from empty coke train K301-02 is picking up some gondolas full of steel coils to be added onto the front of their train. WE 6354 SD40-2 was acquired by the Wheeling and Lake Erie in 2008 and was one of two locomotives to be painted as AWVR 1206 for the now-famous Unstoppable movie. Built as KCS 665 in January 1974. In the left background is an empty westbound coal train on a crew change and in the right background is HLCX 8161 on westbound autorack train Q277-04. Photographed from public property on Crawford Avenue Bridge.

The evening autorack train Q277 is ready to west and work the yard before getting out of town. In the background is empty coal train E450 changing crews on Track 1 Main and also the Wheeling and Lake Erie K301-02 empty coke train. Those will be featured in other photos from me. Note the empty concrete square in the foreground, and the little brick building with the stairs missing. There was an autorack train derailment mishap that happened here in 2006, knocking out the main floodlight tower and the stairs on the building, which is no longer used anyways. Photographed from public property on Crawford Avenue Bridge.

Identical twins on westbound autorack train Q277-04. How identical are they, you ask? Both are former Burlington Northern SD40-2s built in July 1980. Photographed from public property on the Crawford Avenue Bridge.

CSXT 601, "The Spirit of Waycross" and a HLCX lease unit WB on the Old Main Line with Q217-28

Two veterans of the Burlington Northern reunited on westbound autorack train Q277-21 in Connellsville. HLCX 8161 is fomber BN 8161 built in July 1980. CSX 8787 is former BN 8300 built in October 1985. Later became EMDX 8300.

Two veterans of the Burlington Northern reunited on westbound autorack train Q277-21 in Connellsville. HLCX 8161 is fomber BN 8161 built in July 1980. CSX 8787 is former BN 8300 built in October 1985. Later became EMDX 8300.

The HLCX 8161 as the leader on the CSX Q217

Q217 climbs west with the blue HLCX leader

Westbound CSX train Q217 with HLCX 8161 and CSX 8787 come up on Dump Road crossing on number 1 track, Philadelphik Subdivision.

HLCX 8161 takes the lead of the K673 as it continues west

The HLCX Pair on the lead of the K673 as it crawls west through the 25mph limits

The K673 slowly rolls west with the pair of HLCX leaders pulling the empty tanks (Ethanol)

Could the last 4 locos of the consist been picked up at the Patterson shops?

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