CSX Railroad (CSX) 8706 - EMD SD60

Hank Ferguson photo

I love a 60.

CSX Q351-02 has an interesting set of power!

CSX 8706 trailed on CSX Q300.

CSX 8706 SD60 in stealth grey with yellow nose westbound into CSX Gentilly Yard in New Orleans LA 12-10-1996

sat all night long with mechanical problems waiting for a re crew to bring up rescue power

train sat all night long with mechanical problems waiting for re crew to bring up rescue power

heading south on this Saturday after noon

heading south on this Saturday after noon

DME 6052 leads an eastbound mixed freight on the IC&E at Genoa, IL.

DME 6052 leads an eastbound mixed freight on the IC&E at Genoa, IL.

CSX Standard Cab SD60 #8706 trails on the AMPEPR-21 as it passes San Jose.

The Milpitas, CA to El Paso, TX Auto Repo (AMPEPR-21) passes San Jose with CSX!

CSX Standard Cab SD60 #8706 pays a visit to the UP Milpitas Yard.

My lucky day, a early autorack repo, with a standard cab CSX SD60 on the Coast Sub to boot!

A rare treat in seeing a CSX unit down the Coast Sub.

UP 4272 is on K-683 at Ridgefield Park, NJ 3/28/2015

Some good old EMD power on train Q358-17.

An uncommon CSX unit trails on CSX Q276. Only ever seen a CSX SD60 one other time.

The last CSX train of the day comes through St Denis on the capital sub with a CSX Dash 8 and SD60.

CSX SD60 8706 leads a train west out of Clinton.

CSXT Southbound Loaded Coal Train T178 ( Atkinson, Ky. to Taft, Fl. ) thunders through Chelsea, Al. in full #8 throttle with sand being applied for better tractive effort to keep the wheels from slipping, its a rare occurence that SD60S or any conventional cabs lead these loaded coal trains these days

CSXT Southbound Loaded Coal Train T178 ( Atkinson, Ky. to Taft, Fl. ) rumbles through Pelham, Al. with a good old classic SD60 in charge of over 15,000 tons of black diamonds bound for Taft, Fl.

After completing the circuit around the Indiana Harbor Belt roundhouse, the CSX pair lay on another smoke screen, maybe to hide their path?

Almost done passing the backside of the Indiana Harbor Belt roundhouse, the CSX pair start picking up speed to get the heck out of there!

CSX 8706 slowly and quietly rolls past the Indiana Harbor Belt roundhouse.

Proud nose forward

As these CSX units head toward the Indiana Harbor Belt roundhouse, they look like they are laying down a smoke screen to hide them.

CSX Q418 at Cove Road

CSX Q418 at Cove Road

CSXT 8706 is seen on P317-08 at Cumberland, MD.

A trio of SD60s, that include CSX 8704, 8701 & 8706, are seen at Cumberland, MD.

CSXT Southbound Freight Train Q649 ( Louisville, Ky. to Birmingham, Al. ) passing through Hanceville, Al. with 1 of the 10 original SD60s CSXT ordered leading the way, all other SD60s from 8711 on were acquired from Conrail when CSXT & NS merged with Conrail