The sun comes out for a few minutes, just in time for this eastbound ballast train splitting the westbound signals for AC.

A ballast train idles on the service track waiting to get fueled. The dieselshop.com roster says this is a SD50-2. A SD50 derated to 3,000 H.P. for M.O.W. service.

Great power in the form of an SD50-2 and an SD40-2 leads Q335 around the curve at East Paris Ave on the outskirts of metro Grand Rapids.

CSX Q373 heads West out of Landenbeug Junction.

A clean CSX SD50-2 leads an AC44CW on CSX Q300 through CP TRENT on a hot July afternoon.

A rebuilt SD50 and NS 8787 (C40-9) head west with this short 43 car manifest at CP 308.

Atlanta to Birmingham manifest train Q679 drifts down the main towards the south end of Fairburn at 17:43 to await Q144s arrival.

Late in the afternoon after laying ballast east of Lumberport, a westbound ballast train heads for Parkersburg and will continue to lay ballast through the night.

Moon Lit As the moon illuminates A018 in the early morning, this train will have quite the day. First it will first drop off the MoW flatcars in Opelika and then pick up a Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: EMD SD50-2
Location: Lanett, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 2496
Train ID: CSX A018
Photo Date: March 19, 2011

Having just pulled its ballast train out of Vulcan Materials, A018 is seen coming off of the new Loachapoka siding at a loc... (more)

With a pair of vintage EMD narrowcabs on the point, mixed freight Q368 slowly rolls through the town of Coraopolis, passing through the many crossings and passing the defunct passenger depot.

A018 has just started the 10MPH trek from Vulcan Materials to the South End of Loachapoka Siding with a load of ballast hop... (more)

After another day of dropping ballast along the WofA mainline, A018 now finds itself spending the night in Milstead while a very hot Q144 streaks past on a full moon night. Just 24 hours earlier ... (more)