Fall colors and rain on Sand Patch, what a wonderful combo
Early morning sun brings a standard cab leader for this eastbound autorack train.
A matched pair of SD50's dig into Sand Patch grade and the s-curves just east of Glade City.
Northbound CSX autorack train Q226 rolls through downtown LaGrange on its trek to Cincinnati and points east.
A pair of SD40-2's lead eastbound autorack Q226 through the curves at Glade City just west of the summit at Sand Patch.
A former L&N SD40-2 leads a loaded autorack train across the Potomac River.
CSX 8077 "Colonel Philip Hooper" leads train Q226 off the LCL Sub at Latonia Ky.
CPLs are still common on the New Castle Sub east of Greenwich, although it's uncertain how much longer they will remain.
20 years ago there was a interchange yard to the left of Q226 and one of the world's largest steel mills to the right. Now the only reminder of the past is the famed "Homestead Stacks"
The 7504 is looking a bit faded as it leads westbound Q226 past the farm 4 miles east of Albion, IN.
Q226 passes just far enough past the signals to enter the next block and thus trip the circuit and turn them on.
Q226 was the first train in a small fleet of three eastbounds. Interestingly, all three were led by an SD40-2.
Q226 passes the yard at Hancock, approaching the tower. Third autorack train of the morning!
CSX Q226 eastbound at Ellerslie,MD on a crisp morning