CSX Railroad (CSX) 2221 - Rebuilt EMD Road Slug

Y103 works "The Southern" interchange in Charlotte. Same geep set as the day before.

Y103 drills the western Pinoca lead.

The Charlotte skyline rises on the horizon as Y103 approaches Pinoca, to finish up for the day.

Y103 is about to cross the NS diamond on the west side of downtown Charlotte. Jaspers car serves as foreground detail!

Y103 shifts cars at Concrete Supply Company.

Local running south through town heading back to the yard

Local running south through town heading back to the yard

Local running north through town

Local running north through town

Local running north through town

Four CSX standbrd cabs sit idle at the former WM caboose tracks in Hagerstown Yard

Exact date unknown

Built September 1964 as B&O 3556.

Built June 1981 as B&O 4432.

Q353 roars west at 1007.

The four engines from the Q353-15 train are reversing back onto the cars in the yard. The conducotr on 2221 leads the way. Worth noting is CSX 2221 and 6446 were stationed out of Connellsville on yard jobs for a few years.

While the crew goes for beans nearby, the old GP35 rests on the main, quietly.

Yard job Y101-11 is heading east towards the "Anchor" siding in South Connellsville, where it will go up to the Crown Cork and Seal factory to pick up a loaded gondola of scrap. Things sure change in just a few years. Mother-slug engines sets are no longer used as the daily yard jobs in Connellsville. Also, Crown Cork and Seal no longer uses railcars.

A road slug and GP40-2 set are working what used to a hump track, on a cool rainy day in the Connellsville yard. CSX 2221 Road Slug is a former B&O 3556 GP35 built in 1964. CSX 6446 GP40-2 is former B&O 4432 built in 1981.

CSXT Eastbound Ballast Train departing Russell Yard in Russell, Ky.

The yard power works an autorack train on the west end of the yard on a cold winter morning. CSX 2221 Road Slug is a former B&O 3556 GP35 built in 1964. CSX 6446 GP40-2 is former B&O 4432 built in 1981.

Yard job Y101-30 working some empty autoracks on a chilly late-October afternoon. The track furthest to the right is a dead end. An empty W&LE coke train rests on the interchange to the left.

A road slug that was here during&the summer months, went away for a month or so, and is now back in the fall. This is former B&O 3556 GP35 built in 1964.

Yard job Y101-16 leans into the curve going up the grade of the old "Anchor" siding to retrieve a gondola of scrap metal from Crown Closures in South Connellsville, Pa. This GP40-2 is former B&O 4432 built in 1981. CSX 2221 road slug is behind.

Yard job Y101-16 going down the grade of the old "Anchor" siding after retrieving a gondola of scrap metal from Crown Closures in South Connellsville, Pa. This GP40-2 is former B&O 4432 built in 1981. CSX 2221 road slug is behind. Update: This track has now been taken out of service but the rails are still intact.

A road slug still earning it's keep, on a four-engine autorack train. An eastbound coal train passes by on Track 2 Main. In the background are the red Sodem signals, and Memorial Bridge. CSX 2221 is former B&O 3556 GP35 built in 1964.

Two of four engines on the yard job working an autorack train get passed by an eastbound coal train in Connellsville. The abandoned N&W-P&WV bridge offers the vantage point.

A road slug functioning as the Y201-09 yard job looking good in the fading sunlight of a hot summer day. This is former B&O 3556 GP35 built in 1964.

From left to right, CSX 1177, 6354, 8088, 2797, 685, 7892, 6446, and 2221. Seen in Cumberland, Maryland.

Working the throat of Cumberland Yard

Shot From The Holiday Inn Room (3rd Floor)